Grays has over 50 years
experience within the waste management business, and is
still owned and run as a family concern. There are
currently three generations of the family working within
the business.
Grays Waste has grown since the early days, and still
has some of its very first customers.
Over the years we have gained the knowledge base, and
expertise to ensure that all of our customers are
complying with the strict EC guidelines.
G.W.S Ltd. is registered
with the P.A.I Ltd (Product Authentication
International), which is a Defra regulated
organisation, that ensures the traceability of Used
Cooking Oil (U.C.O.) After the recent foot and mouth
epidemic and the BSE outbreak, its now a legal
requirement to ensure that the producer of the used
cooking oil, is consigned under the Food Standard
Agency Regulation AS34.
All Legal documentation is
supplied to ensure that all collections are fully
compliant with the Environment Protection Act 1990
"Duty of Care."
Failure to do so
is a criminal offence.
It is the
producers responsibility to make sure that they
receive a transfer note receipt for every U.C.O
collection. It is our duty to provide information
relating to collections from all producers. We are
legally bound to provide, if necessary, information to
the Environment Agency, Local Authority, or the Foods
Standards Agency.
Storage of U.C.O should comply with the Environmental
Protection Agency and Product Authentication
Inspectorate code of practice, which states under
the guidance notes, that all used cooking oil should be
free of contaminates, such as fryer washing chemicals,
detergents, sewer fats and material of unknown origin.
All Cooking Oil must be kept in a lidded container or in
the original can or bucket that the fresh cooking oil
was supplied in. We can of course supply containers to
store cooking oil, Free of Charge.
It is a legal requirement for the producer of the
U.C.O to take every measure to ensure that his/her
collector has adequate authority by way of licensing.
Any person who collects and disposes of waste MUST have
a carrier licence, a waste management licence and a
permit to collect.
G.W.S and Londinium Catering Supplies is compliant in
all areas, and will provide this information upon
request. |
