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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: MNWC on September 02, 2016, 07:40:59 am

Title: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: MNWC on September 02, 2016, 07:40:59 am
Just a quick  question. How many of you have a waste carrier license ?
Got asked if we had one when quoting for a commercial gutter clearing job yesterday
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: sunshine windows on September 02, 2016, 07:42:16 am
You should by law have one if removing the debris from each job. I always dispose of it at the job.
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Nick Day on September 02, 2016, 08:19:54 am
As Sunshine says you do need one, just go on the Environment Agency website it will take you through the process it only takes 5 - 10 minutes to do.
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Smurf on September 02, 2016, 09:28:26 am
Or when quoting if you don't want the hassle make sure they are aware that any waste is their responsibility to dispose of themselves... Sorted  ;D
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Tom White on September 02, 2016, 10:37:04 am
So, you do a large gutter clean, but there's very little debris in the gutters; you still leave that half a bin bag behind with your customer do you?  ;D
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Soupy on September 02, 2016, 10:54:41 am
So, you do a large gutter clean, but there's very little debris in the gutters; you still leave that half a bin bag behind with your customer do you?  ;D

Stick it in their wheelie bin.
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Smurf on September 02, 2016, 01:57:33 pm
Or on very large jobs they can always pay for a skip for all the waste. Not my problem...Sorted ;D ;D
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Madison Welch on September 02, 2016, 02:51:31 pm
I had no idea you need a license for that  ???
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Nick Day on September 02, 2016, 03:04:21 pm
We've got a waste carriers licence. Alex did it on line it was free of charge and has no expiry date.
The problem you could have is that if you were stopped by VOSA and your vac tub has any dirt in it (remnants from a job) you can be fined up to £5000.00.
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: the king on September 02, 2016, 03:12:02 pm
ive got one takes minits to do on line
Title: Re: Waste carrier licence using gutter vac
Post by: Spruce on September 02, 2016, 04:09:24 pm
We actually got a letter from the council warning us about this quite a number of years ago now.

Ever since then we leave the bags of dirt next to the rubbish bin for the customer to dispose of.

We don't advertise gutter clearing now but when we do do it one gutter usually provides enough muck to compensate for the other that is reasonably clear. We have one property where both front and back gutters slope the wrong way, so we can always be guaranteed that both will be chock a block with dirt.

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