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Address: Newport, NP198JS, GB
Telephone: +443300434248

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DGSA Compliance | WEEE Recovery | Circular Economy | Resource Recovery

🔹 DGSA Solutions Ltd – Your Trusted Dangerous Goods Safety Advisors 🔹
Helping organisations turn complex regulated waste into recovery, resource value and energy solutions.

28/10/2026

🔥 Another battery fire. Another recycling centre evacuated.

This time in Warwickshire, where a lithium-ion battery thrown into the wrong waste stream started a fire.

Thankfully, nobody was reported injured.

But across the UK, waste fires are damaging recycling facilities, disrupting services and putting livelihoods at risk.

Surely we can find a better way?

I've written a new article exploring what needs to change, from easier battery collections to greater producer responsibility.

There's also a poll, and I'd really welcome your opinion.

👉 https://timhourahine.substack.com/p/battery-fires-are-burning-more-than

Recycling matters. But people's safety matters more.

22/10/2026

🔥 ONE SMALL BATTERY. ONE VERY BIG PROBLEM! 🚛

Did you know that a discarded lithium-ion battery or v**e placed in the wrong household bin can create a serious fire risk?

When waste is crushed inside a bin lorry, damaged batteries can overheat and ignite, putting collection crews and recycling facilities at risk.

There are already excellent recycling campaigns and collection schemes helping people dispose of these items correctly.

But are we doing enough to connect public awareness with safe collection, storage and transport?
“We should not measure battery recycling success solely by how many batteries we collect, but by how safely we collect, store, transport and recover them.”

That's the question in my latest Ask The DGSA™ video.

🎥 Watch Digital Tim explain:

👉 https://youtu.be/jt_RtoCpMvQ

💬 Have you seen a battery collection point near you? Do you know where to take your old v**es?

Let's keep batteries out of the wrong bins and keep the people collecting our waste safe.

17/10/2026

♻️ ADR 2027: BIG CHANGES FOR RECYCLED PLASTICS?

Did you know that the forthcoming ADR 2027 changes include provisions concerning recycled plastics in certain dangerous goods packagings?

That's encouraging for sustainability, but there's an important safety question.

Does the UN mark on a plastic drum or jerrican guarantee that it's compliant?

Not necessarily!

That's where UN Packchecker™ comes in.

We've developed this independent resource to help businesses understand UN packaging markings and recognise when further verification may be needed.

🔎 Take a look:
https://askthedgsa.co.uk/un-packchecker/indexpc.html

🎥 Watch our latest video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODqvzQzUrqQ

📅 For a broader look at ADR 2027, BADGP is hosting a webinar on 24 November.
https://www.badgp.org/new-dangerous-goods-events

Ask. Understand. Comply.

13/10/2026

🚛 WHAT IF DVSA STOPPED YOUR VEHICLE TODAY?

Are you carrying dangerous goods? Would you know what the examiner might check?

It doesn't matter whether you're driving a small delivery van or a large HGV — you need to understand the rules that apply to your load.

In our latest Ask The DGSA™ video, Digital Tim explains some important roadside compliance checks, including:

📦 Packaging and hazard labels
📋 Transport paperwork
👷 Driver training
🧯 Safety equipment
🚛 Load security

And here's something many operators misunderstand:

Carrying smaller quantities of dangerous goods doesn't automatically mean there are no ADR responsibilities.

🎬 Watch our latest video:

👉 https://youtu.be/kYlE7mojnwI

Ask. Understand. Comply.

🌐 www.askthedgsa.co.uk

08/10/2026

🔥 COULD ONE DISCARDED V**E SET A BIN LORRY ON FIRE?

Yes, it really could!

That used v**e might look harmless, but many contain lithium-ion batteries.

When thrown into an ordinary household rubbish or recycling bin, those batteries can be crushed or damaged during collection.

The result could be a serious fire, putting waste collection workers and recycling facilities at risk.

And remember, bin crews cannot inspect every household bin before emptying it.

♻️ PLEASE DON'T PUT USED V**ES OR LOOSE BATTERIES IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH OR MIXED RECYCLING.

Use an appropriate battery or electrical recycling collection point instead.

🎬 Watch our short video explaining why:

https://youtu.be/POpVdEk0RIA

ONE V**E. ONE BIN. ONE POTENTIAL FIRE.

Please share this message. It might help prevent the next incident.

06/10/2026

“We use a courier for our dangerous goods, so surely the ADR responsibility is theirs?”

Well, not necessarily.

Your courier may be the carrier, but your business may still be the consignor, and that's an important distinction.

In today's Ask The DGSA™, I explain why handing your dangerous goods to a courier doesn't necessarily mean you've handed over your ADR responsibilities too.

🎥 Watch the short video below.
Ask The DGSA™: https://youtu.be/PMnB353EYGU

04/10/2026

BATTERY PASSPORTS ARE COMING ⚡🔋

From 18 February 2027, certain batteries placed on the EU market will require a digital Battery Passport.

That includes:

🔋 EV batteries
🚲 E-bike and e-scooter batteries
🏭 Industrial batteries above 2 kWh

But here’s the important bit:

A Battery Passport does NOT replace ADR.

It may tell you about the battery — its identity, chemistry, capacity and lifecycle.

But ADR still determines how that battery can legally and safely be transported.

Especially where batteries are:

⚠️ Waste
⚠️ Damaged
⚠️ Defective
⚠️ Being moved for recycling

Read the full article via Substack:

Battery Passports Are Coming in 2027 — What UK Businesses Need to Know Now

🎥 Also watch the latest Ask The DGSA™ video on YouTube.

The Battery Passport tells you about the battery.
ADR tells you how it can be transported.

04/10/2026

Battery Passports are coming in 2027, but what does that actually mean for UK businesses?

From 18 February 2027, certain batteries placed on the EU market will require a digital Battery Passport.

That includes:

• EV batteries
• Light means of transport batteries, such as e-bike and e-scooter batteries
• Industrial batteries above 2 kWh

For UK businesses, the important point is that the position is not identical across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the EU.

And for anyone involved in transporting batteries, there is another critical distinction:

A Battery Passport does not replace ADR.

The passport may provide valuable information about the battery, its identity, chemistry, capacity and lifecycle, but transport still requires the correct ADR assessment, including classification, condition, packaging, marking, labelling and documentation.

I’ve covered the wider UK implications in the latest article:

🔗 Battery Passports Are Coming in 2027, What UK Businesses Need to Know Now?
https://timhourahine.substack.com/p/battery-passports-are-coming-in-2027

And there’s also a short Ask The DGSA™ video explaining the ADR crossover:

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRn_2ylOiCA

The Battery Passport tells you about the battery.
ADR tells you how that battery can be transported.

26/09/2026

Could your UN packaging mark be telling only part of the story?

Following the IASA webinar on fake UN specification packaging, I have published a new article looking at one of the most important issues raised:

How do you verify what actually sits behind a UN mark?

The mark is the starting point.

Behind it should sit an approval, supporting documentation, test information and an identifiable manufacturer or approval holder.

That thinking has led to the launch of UN Packchecker™, a new free resource from Ask The DGSA™ designed to help users decode marks, identify available approval information and recognise when further verification may be necessary.

It does not certify packaging as genuine — but it can help you ask better questions.

📖 Read the article:
https://timhourahine.substack.com/p/fake-un-packaging-what-todays-iasa

🔎 Try UN Packchecker™:
https://askthedgsa.co.uk/un-packchecker/indexpc.html

Check the mark. Check the approval. Check what sits behind it.

24/09/2026

COULD YOUR UN PACKAGING BE FAKE? 📦🔎

Seeing a UN specification mark on dangerous goods packaging can be reassuring.

But should we simply see the mark and assume everything is correct?

My latest Ask The DGSA article looks at what the UN mark actually tells us, why the approval and supporting documentation matter, and the emerging discussion around suspect or potentially fake UN specification packaging.

I'm deliberately not suggesting this is a widespread UK problem — we don't currently have evidence to justify that conclusion.

But there is a very useful compliance lesson here regardless:

Don't just check the mark. Check what sits behind it.

Tomorrow I'll also be attending the IASA webinar specifically examining fake packaging, and I'll report back afterwards.

In the meantime, here's the full article:

https://timhourahine.substack.com/p/could-your-un-packaging-be-fake-why

Ask. Understand. Comply.

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