electronic duty of care

Phil De Caux: Partnerships manager

WFAA workshop - May 2012

BACKGROUNDelectronic duty of care

What is it?

• Four year programme• £3.6m (50% EU LIFE+ funded)• Partners:– EA, NIEA, SEPA– Defra, Welsh Government– CIWM– WRAP– Critical Resource Ltd

• IT system + Communications

Governance/support

50 + businesses, trade associations,

local authorities, etc,

50 + businesses, trade associations,

local authorities, etc,

Programme partnersProgramme partners

Environmental Service Association

Environmental Service Association

Environment Agency experts

Environment Agency experts

Main deliverables

• 2012: Market research, edoc system prototype developed

• 2013: Stakeholder system testing and refinement, development of final system

• 2014: Communications, demonstrations, training and national rollout

Better than paper?

• Reducing admin burden– Savings on costs of compliance, storage and

management– Reducing waste survey costs

• Increasing resource efficiency– High quality data on waste arisings and

movements– Better informed business and planning decisions

Better than paper?

• Tackling waste crime– Reducing fraudulent activity

• Improving compliance– Simple self-auditing tools for business– Easier to complete legal documentation

CHALLENGESelectronic duty of care

Red tape

• New economic landscape• Coalition government – new rules, reduced

budgets• Approvals, exemptions = 15 months• Red Tape Challenge:– Duty of Care– Defra statement– Consultation

5 million users?

• Waste producers

• Waste management companies

• Waste brokers

• Waste operators

• Government

• Regulators

Modelling the ‘waste chain’

© US EPA

And lots more…

• Voluntary system• Data reassurance– Ownership– Granularity– Aggregation– Quality– Security

• Ongoing system hosting and funding

Raw data

STORY SO FARelectronic duty of care

Where are we?

• Grant agreement signed Oct 2008• Project started 1 Jan 2011• Team in place April 2011• Government approvals in place March 2012

Where are we?

• Market research carried out• Initial requirement gathering through

stakeholder workshops• Detailed IT requirements and tender

documents for system development by end of week

NEXT STEPSelectronic duty of care

2012

• Communications Plan developed in June• System development:• Tender: early June• Contract award: early July• First prototype: end December

QUESTIONSelectronic duty of care

The edoc programme has been made possible with the support

of LIFE+ funding from the European Community.

The edoc programme has been made possible with the support

of LIFE+ funding from the European Community.