Taken from an email from the council regarding leaving boiler parts with the customer its in council speak !!!
"I also note that you leave old and faulty heating system parts with your customers as proof that you have completed the work as agreed. I can understand the reason behind this, however I don't agree that these parts belong to your customers. The reason for this being that you, in your expertise, decide which parts are faulty etc and need replacing. At this stage they are still part of the heating system and therefore still are in use and not waste. Once the decision to remove is made by you and subsequently removed f, the part is then no longer in use and becomes waste. This waste is controlled waste produced through your business and it is your responsibility to dispose of in a legal manner. By leaving this waste with your customers as you currently do, you are breaching your Duty of Care because your are effectively transferring controlled waste to your customers to dispose of without them being allowed to do so and also as no waste transfer note is obtained. Also, if this waste is placed into the customers' domestic waste bin, which is highly likely, then technically an offence is being committed under the illegal deposit of waste (commonly known as fly tipping, however there is much more to this offence than simply taking waste down a country lane and dumping it) in contravention of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and this is punishable through magistrates. I hope now you can appreciate this and cease carrying out this practice immediately."
So according to her its my waste therefore my free waste carriers license is correct !!! icon_smile.gif