List of Components

Does your company (or group of UK companies) have a turnover of more than £2 million per year?

Note: If your company is part of a UK group of companies then this would be the combined turnover of the group.

Is your company supplying and purchasing substances, mixtures or articles to and from the EU/EEA/NI?

Note: Examples of substances include metals, solvents, dyes and pigments, diesel and other fuels.

Do any of the products fall into the below categories: Large household, Small household, IT and telecommunications, Consumer equipment, Lighting equipment, Electrical and electronic tools, Toys leisure and sports equipment, Medical Devices, Monitoring and control instruments

Do you know what substances are within the products and what concentrations they are present at?

Do you know whether your products contain any of these restricted substances: lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominate biphenyls (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), cadmium.

Additional substances restricted from 2019: bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)

Do you have a process in place to ensure the substances do not exceed the thresholds and to ensure ongoing compliance?

Does the company carry on business or part of a business in the UK?

Does the company supply goods or services?

Does the company have a global turnover of £36m or more?

Does your company have a parent company which meets the previous criteria?

Does your company supply a company that has to produce a Modern Slavery Statement?

Does the company carry on business or part of a business in the UK?

Does the company supply goods or services?

Does the company have a global turnover of £36m or more?

Does your company have a parent company which meets the previous criteria?

Does your company supply a company that has to produce a Modern Slavery Statement?

Has your company or any of its staff produced waste?

This would include any office waste, such as office paper and any staff waste from lunches. If you have warehouses or production areas it is very rare to produce no waste at all. You are not responsible for the waste produced by contractors you have on site.

Have you got the correct containers for your waste streams?

Containers need to be correctly and clearly labelled, be suitable for transportation, and prevent the leakage, contamination or spoiling of waste. Make sure hazardous waste is separately contained to prevent all waste being classified as hazardous. Use our EWC code search to find the right code for your waste so that containers are correctly labelled.

Do your waste contactors have the correct licences?

Brokers, carriers and dealers should all be registered with the relevant environment agency to transport waste from one site to another. You can check on the public registers for licenced Waste Carriers. Don't forget to check if any of your activities require a waste carriers licence.

When your waste is collected, is the right documentation filled in?

Non-hazardous waste should be covered by a Waste Transfer Note (WTN). You can have annual season tickets for regular non-hazardous waste collections with the same contractor. Don't forget you can use edoc to electronically manage your WTNs. Hazardous waste should be covered by a Consignment Note.

Are you storing your documentation for the correct time?

WTNs should be stored for a minimum of two years, whereas Consignment Notes, including consignee returns, (part E) should be stored for a minimum of three years.

Is your waste being taken to a correctly licenced facility?

The facility your waste is taken to should be registered with the relevant authorities and should hold either a Permit or an Exemption allowing it to accept the waste described on the WTN or Consignment Note. You can search for Permits and Exemptions on the Public registers, or you can contact the relevant environment agency.

Do you have an audit trail for your waste's journey to disposal?

You should have an audit trail for all your waste streams detailing all the information you have collated on your duty of care and be able to produce these should you receive a visit from the relevant environment agency.

Is electricity needed for your products to fulfil their primary function?

Note: This means that the equipment needs electric currents or electromagnetic fields to fulfil its basic function. When the current is off, the equipment cannot fulfil its basic function.

Are your products covered by a specific exemption below?

• Intended for specific national security & military purpose
• Filament light bulbs
• Implanted & Infected Medical Products

Did your company (or group of UK companies) have an annual UK turnover of £1 million or more in the previous calendar year?

Note: If your company is part of a UK group of companies then this would be the combined turnover of the group.

Do your imported goods fall under one of the in-scope industries under the CBAM regulation?

Note: (CBAM applies to the cement, iron, steel, aluminium, fertilizers, hydrogen, and electricity industries. Goods considered in-scope could include raw materials like iron ore or finished goods like steel beams.)

Are the imported goods originating from a non-EU country (for example, China or India)?

Is the total intrinsic value of the goods you import over 150 euros?

Are you a European importer?

Are you a non-EU entity selling directly to the EU?