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7. WHAT ACCREDITATIONS

SHOULD I LOOK FOR IN A

RELIABLE WASTE PARTNER?

Answer: All providers should have operational sites. More recently, we were the first
ISO accreditations and be able to company in our industry to achieve the energy
efficiency standard ISO 50001:2011. We have
show you these on request. Viridor also incorporated a Competence Management
are accredited in Environmental System which demonstrates that we are
Management, Quality Management, technically competent to carry out a wide range
of permitted waste operations in accordance
Occupational Health and Safety with all appropriate regulatory requirements.
Management and Energy Management.
We are externally certified to the following
Management System Standards, registered
To ensure that all our facilities and services through BSI (British Standards Institute):
apply industry leading environmental, social,
economic and workplace practices, we have • ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management)
fully established company policies and • ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management)
procedures in place and continually seek to
improve our performance in these keys areas. • BS OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational
We were the first UK waste company to achieve Health and Safety Management)
ISO 14001 certification, the highest international • ISO 50001:2011 (Energy Management)
environmental standard, across all of our major