PAS 402:2013

This standard PAS 402:2013 Waste resource management. Specification for performance reporting is classified in these ICS categories:

• 03.100.01 Company organization and management in general
• 13.030.01 Wastes in general

This PAS specifies requirements for performance reporting by a waste resource management organization.

It requires a waste resource management organization to report:

1. how it conducts specific waste resource management activities (Clause 3 to Clause 10); and

2. the landfill diversion and material recovery rates it achieves (Clause 11).

It is applicable to a waste resource management organization that processes industrial, commercial or household waste at a transfer station, treatment facility or disposal site.

It is not applicable to a waste resource management organization that operates solely as a waste carrier or waste broker.

NOTE 1 Detailed guidance on how to complete a waste resource management report conforming to PAS 402 is given in a supporting document published by CEW entitled, Waste Resource Management – Guidance for Performance Reporting Against PAS 402 [3].

NOTE 2 Correspondence tables that show the relationship between the clauses from Clause 3 to Clause 11 and existing management system standards are given in Annex A.

NOTE 3 Waste resource management organizations are required by legislation in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to be authorized to perform their activities.