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[[Category: Legislation & Policy]]
[[Category: Legislation & Policy]]
A [[Waste Producer]] is defined within Art 3(5) of the [[Waste Framework Directive]] as 'anyone whose activities produce [[Waste|waste]] (original waste producer) or anyone who carries out pre-procesing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this [[Waste|waste]].
A [[Waste Producer]] is defined within the [[Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011]] as 'anyone whose activities produce [[Waste|waste]] (original waste producer) or anyone who carries out pre-procesing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this [[Waste|waste]]'.


In more simpistic terms a [[Waste Producer]] is therefore any person whose activities produce [[Waste|waste]]<ref name="DEFRA">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/waste-duty-of-care-code-of-practice/waste-duty-of-care-code-of-practice</ref>. This includes private sector businesses such as shops, offices, factories and tradespersons (e.g. electricians, builders, glaziers and plumbers) and public sector services such as schools, hospitals and prisons, as well as charities and voluntary and community groups<ref name="DEFRA" />.
In more simpistic terms a [[Waste Producer]] is therefore any person whose activities produce [[Waste|waste]]<ref name="DEFRA">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/waste-duty-of-care-code-of-practice/waste-duty-of-care-code-of-practice</ref>. This includes private sector businesses such as shops, offices, factories and tradespersons (e.g. electricians, builders, glaziers and plumbers) and public sector services such as schools, hospitals and prisons, as well as charities and voluntary and community groups<ref name="DEFRA" />.
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[[Waste Producer|Waste producers]] play a key role in the [[Duty of Care]] regime as they best placed to identify the nature and characterisitcs of the [[Waste|waste]]<ref name="DEFRA" />.
[[Waste Producer|Waste producers]] play a key role in the [[Duty of Care]] regime as they best placed to identify the nature and characterisitcs of the [[Waste|waste]]<ref name="DEFRA" />.
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