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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Health and safety in waste and recycling: delivering the solution together
Judith Hackitt CBE FREng
Chair, Health and Safety Executive
HSWA – 40th anniversary
Reviews of HSE
• Government has responded to the Triennial Review
• Review has re-affirmed much of what we do
Reviews of HSE
Delivering on recommendations, including:
• Simplifying and consolidating regulations
• Tackling over-interpretation and misunderstanding
• Targeting inspections and interventions
Revised guidance
HSE changes
• New Chief Executive,
Dr. Richard Judge
• Two new Board members
HSE strategy
Maintain position as a world class, modern regulator.
Three overarching themes to the new strategy:
1. Protect HSE’s regulatory capability
2. Make full use of HSE’s commercial potential
3. Recover more from those who create the risk
Commercialisation
• It is not privatisation
• It will maintain our position as a world class regulator
• If we fail to maintain our reputation there is no commercialisation
• Will provide a competitive advantage to British businesses operating in other countries
• Good business sense, developing opportunities where they contribute to health and safety improvements
Fee for intervention – an update
• Independent review complete and published
• Key conclusions:– Effective in terms of policy aims– Praise for professional implementation– Stakeholder fears largely unfounded– Greater consistency of enforcement
decisions– FFI to remain in place
Waste and Recycling – enforcement notices
WISH – Industry guidance by the industry
Challenges, Innovation and Technology
• Don’t let rapid growth mask potential efficiency gains from innovation and technology;
• Improved, more efficient processes could also bring health and safety benefits.
Finally
• Please share your thoughts and ideas
• Much achieved but more still to do
• Tackle areas where progress has been slow
• Set challenging targets then meet them
• Thank you
