Environmental Legislation
There are many different rules and regulations that businesses in the tourism sector must abide by regarding environmental issues.
Anyone running a business in the tourism industry should be aware of these rules.
New Waste Treatment Regulations
From October 30th 2007 all businesses operating in Britain will be required to treat all waste that is heading to landfill.
Treatment is defined as a physical, thermal, chemical or biological process, which changes the characteristics of the waste.
The characteristics may be changed by:
- reducing the volume of the waste
- reducing the hazardous nature of the waste
- making handling or recovery easier.
Examples of treatment include:
- collecting waste streams separately to recycle one or more of the separated components
- biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion
- thermal treatment such as incineration.
