Old equipment, waste and refrigerants: environmental duties on site
Deal with the waste your jobs create: old equipment, packaging, batteries, lamps and other hazardous items, refrigerants and small spills, with the paperwork that shows where it went. Awareness and escalation level, with US and UK rules as examples; local law and your organization's procedures govern, and refrigerant work needs its own certification.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 50 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Keep job waste segregated by type (equipment, packaging, batteries, lamps, refrigeration units) as your procedure requires
- Complete or check waste transfer paperwork, including the carrier's registration, before waste changes hands (UK example)
- Recognize hazardous items such as batteries, lamps, oils and equipment containing refrigerants, and route them correctly
- Refuse to open or vent a refrigerant circuit unless certified, explain why to the customer, and move the unit intact
- Contain and report a small spill using the site's spill kit and procedure
- Handle data-bearing devices removed from customer sites under the chain-of-custody procedure
Course outline
- 1.Waste and refrigerants on siteVideo · 2 min
- 2.Your duty when waste leaves the siteLesson · 15 min
- 3.Equipment, batteries, lamps and other hazardous itemsLesson · 16 min
- 4.Refrigerants: hands off unless certifiedLesson · 15 min
- 5.Old equipment, waste and refrigerants: environmental duties on site: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 21 questions
- 6.Old equipment, waste and refrigerants: environmental duties on site: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 7.Take the old one away while you're hereScenario
- 8.Final exam11 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Defra / Environment Agency: Waste duty of care code of practice (England and Wales example)
- GOV.UK: Managing your waste: an overview (business duty of care, registered carriers) (UK example)
- GOV.UK: Waste transfer notes (fill in your part, keep a copy for 2 years) (UK example)
- GOV.UK: Dispose of hazardous waste (England example)
- GOV.UK: Regulations: waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE Regulations 2013) (UK example)
- GOV.UK: Qualifications required to work on equipment containing F gas (UK example)
- GOV.UK: Recovering, reclaiming and recycling F gas (UK example)
- US EPA: Section 608 technician certification (US example)
- US EPA: Stationary refrigeration: prohibition on venting refrigerants (US example)
- US EPA: Universal waste (federal categories) (US example)
- Your organization's field service procedures, the manufacturer's instructions and the customer's site rules
See it with your own jobs and topics
Tell us about your team and we'll walk you through setup, from choosing jobs to your first skills check.