Duty of Care: Code of Practice for managing controlled waste (2026) consultation

6. Questions

Obligations under Code of Practice

1. Which of the following obligations apply to you? (Please check all that apply)

Waste Producer, Waste Collector, Waste Manager, Waste Importer or Exporter, Waste Broker or Dealer, Householder, Other.

If you answered ‘Other’, please provide details:

Section 2: Your Obligations as a Waste Producer

2. Are you content with the clarity of this section and how it has changed from the current Code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of anything that is unclear about the section, and/or the changes from the current Code:

3. Are you content with the implementation of the requirement for businesses to present plastic films recyclables for collection through the draft code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of any issues with the proposed approach.

Section 3: Your Obligations as a Waste Collector

4. Are you content with the clarity of this section and how it has changed from the current Code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of anything that is unclear about the section, and/or the changes from the current Code:

5. Are you content with the implementation of the requirement for waste collectors to take all reasonable steps to collect and carry plastic films recyclables through the draft code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of any issues with the proposed approach.

Section 4: Your Obligations as a Waste Manager

6. Are you content with the clarity of this section and how it has changed from the current Code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of anything that is unclear about the section, and/or the changes from the current Code:

Section 5: Your Obligations in the Event of Waste Import or Export

7. Are you content with the clarity of this section and how it has changed from the current Code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of anything that is unclear about the section, and/or the changes from the current Code:

Section 6: Your Obligations as a Broker or Dealer

8. Are you content with the clarity of this section and how it has changed from the current Code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of anything that is unclear about the section, and/or the changes from the current Code:

Section 7: Your Obligations as a Householder

9. Are you content with the clarity of this section and how it has changed from the current Code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of anything that is unclear about the section, and/or the changes from the current Code:

Section 8: Transfer Notes

10. Are you content with the clarity of this section and how it has changed from the current Code?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of anything that is unclear about the section, and/or the changes from the current Code:

Section 9: Glossary

11. Are all the definitions in this section clear?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of which definitions you consider unclear and why:

12. Are there any additional terms in the document that you consider it necessary to provide a definition in this section?

Yes, No, Don’t Know

If you answered ‘No’, please provide details of which definitions you consider unclear and why:

Impact Assessments

13. Is there any further evidence relating to the impact on business that you would wish to be considered in updated impact assessments:

14. Is there any further evidence relating to the impact on protected characteristics that you would wish to be considered in updated impact assessments:

15. Is there any further evidence relating to the impact on island communities that you would wish to be considered in updated impact assessments:

Closing Question

16. Do you wish to make any other comments on the code as a whole?

Please provide any final comments:.