Overview

Baxi is a leading manufacturer of heating and hot water solutions, with a portfolio of some of the best known and most respected brands in the residential and commercial heating industry.

Baxi supports customers by offering them clever heating solutions that keep their homes and businesses warm while reducing their carbon footprint. The plan is to further develop by implementing new technologies and working with closely with customers to provide innovative heating solutions that do not heat the planet.

How we supported Baxi

Baxi wanted to better understand the legal requirements that applied to their business, both in terms of environment and health & safety. This was to improve staff awareness of the requirements, ensure a high level of legal compliance and to help retain their certification to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.

In addition to the product and solution portfolio, Baxi also works to limit environmental impact during the manufacturing process and a key pillar of this is waste management. In order to develop waste reduction and optimisation initiatives, there must first be a clear understanding of the types and volumes of waste generated during the manufacturing process and the recovery and disposal processes.

Our team of consultants worked closely with Baxi’s manufacturing site in Preston, focusing on waste duty of care compliance. We reviewed existing waste contractors, providing an up-to-date waste matrix which listed:

• Each waste stream generated on site and the relevant EWC code.
• Which waste contractor was collecting each waste type.
• The waste carrier, broker, dealer registration details for each relevant waste contractor.
• The destination site for each waste type.
• The environmental permit / waste exemption details for each destination site.
• Any ongoing enforcement action against any waste contractors / destination sites.

Outcome

Thorough waste duty of care checks were then conducted on each waste contractor to ensure that:

• All waste contractors collecting waste from Baxi premises held a valid waste carrier, broker, dealer registration with the Environment Agency which authorised the transportation of waste.  

• The recovery or disposal sites each waste stream was being taken to, had an appropriate environmental permit or waste exemption in place, which permitted the acceptance of that waste type. 

• The permit / exemption in place authorised the acceptance of the specific waste stream being sent there.

The Compliance People now conduct waste duty of care checks for the Baxi Preston site on an annual basis, reviewing and updating the waste matrix to ensure that the Company maintains compliance with their waste duty of care.