This chapter covers the contracts for the supply of services. It explains that the provision of services is itself an important commercial activity, but many services are provided in the course of other commercial transactions. The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (SGSA) applies to all non-consumer contracts involving the supply of services. The scope of the SGSA 1982 extends to all contracts involving the supply of services, including those for professional services and those which involve the supply or bailment of goods. The chapter also looks at the notion of product-as-service and circular economy before considering the future of goods and services of contracts.
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19. Contracts for the supply of services
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19. Waste management
Stuart Bell, Donald McGillivray, Ole W. Pedersen, Emma Lees, and Elen Stokes
This chapter considers the regulation of waste. The focus is on national law, but the chapter also includes discussion of the international rules for export of waste and influential EU Directives on waste. Central to the chapter is the definition of ‘waste’ and the ‘emerging tools of regulation’ aiming at redirecting the focus away from the regulation of the disposal of waste by focusing on the reduction of waste through minimization, reuse, and recycling. This highlights both new forms of regulation and the development the circular economy—maximizing the length of use and thereby value of products.
