Asbestos waste products cannot be disposed with your normal household waste, it must be disposed of separately.
Ideally, to prevent fibres being released and becoming airborne asbestos waste should be double wrapped in suitable packaging and labeled appropriately to inform people of the contents.
Complete and undamaged cement sheets for example, should be left as they are when being disposed of. Try not to break textured coating attached firmly to a board, instead double wrap and label them in a suitable polythene sheet.
Only a licensed disposal site should handle asbestos waste products. Your local authority can usually provide details of your nearest licensed site.
Transporting waste needs to be done correctly. Using suitable containers for asbestos waste will prevent any fibres becoming airborne whilst being transported to your disposal site.
A good professional service should offer to dispose of the waste as part of job. These services will correctly and efficiently dispose of the waste removed whilst following appropriate procedures and regulations.
At Roof Cleaning Systems, we know and follow all the legal responsibilities around safe asbestos disposal. We also have our own moral code for handling asbestos.
