Waste management

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Services

1. Dispose of garden waste

   Arrange for the collection of garden waste by your council

2. Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England)

   Register or renew registration with the Environment Agency to transport, buy, sell or broker waste.

3. Recycling collections

   Find out if your council collects recycling, how to recycle household waste such as mobile phones, computers, packaging and green waste

4. Report fly-tipping or illegal waste dumping

   Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of waste or rubbish - report it to the local council or to Crimestoppers

5. Dispose of business or commercial waste

   Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes

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Guidance and regulation

1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice to local authorities on prioritising waste collections
   • Guidance
   • 28 May 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
2. Access the public register for environmental information
   • Detailed guide
   • 14 August 2018
   • Environment Agency
3. Cleansing and PPE waste at a healthcare waste management facility: RPS C1
   • Guidance
   • 27 May 2020
   • Environment Agency
4. Register or renew waste exemptions (England)
   • Detailed guide
   • 25 March 2020
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
5. Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits
   • Detailed guide
   • 16 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency

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News and communications

22 May 2020 — News story

Home work pays off for LLWR

Low Level Waste Repository Ltd

1. LLWR awards multi-million pound metal framework contract
   • 18 May 2020
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • News story
2. Ministers urge councils to plan for safe re-opening of recycling centres
   • 18 May 2020
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • News story
3. LLWR donates protective suits to Ambulance Service in Cumbria to fight COVID-19
   • 3 April 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • News story
4. Leicester illegal waste site blocked by restriction order
   • 26 March 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Northern Ireland environmental statistics report 2020
   • 28 May 2020
   • Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics
2. Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report - Oct-Dec 2019
   • 23 April 2020
   • Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics
3. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK
   • 27 March 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Statistical data set
4. Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report - Jul-Sep 2019
   • 30 January 2020
   • Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics
5. ENV18 - Local authority collected waste: annual results tables
   • 28 November 2019
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Appropriate measures for permitted facilities that take healthcare waste
   • 24 February 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 16 July 2019
2. Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation no 20
   • 7 January 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 28 February 2020
3. Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation no 21
   • 14 November 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 31 January 2020
4. WEEE: Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) Balancing System (PBS)
   • 7 August 2019
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 15 April 2019
5. Environment Agency strategy for safe and sustainable sludge use
   • 17 March 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Waste Metric Dashboard: April 2020
   • 14 May 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
2. Waste Consignment Information Form (Diversion) WSC-FOR-WCI_DIV
   • 22 April 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
3. Waste Metric Dashboard: March 2020
   • 15 April 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
4. On The Level Issue 23 March 2020
   • 18 March 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
5. NDA Mid-Year Performance Report 2019 to 2020
   • 17 March 2020
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
3. Public Health England
4. Defence and Security Accelerator
5. Ministry of Defence

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1. Office for Product Safety & Standards
2. Animal & Plant Health Agency
3. Cabinet Office
4. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. Government Digital Service
6. HM Treasury
7. Home Office
8. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

1. Environment Agency
2. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
3. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
4. Radioactive Waste Management
5. Sellafield Ltd
6. Innovate UK
7. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
8. Magnox Ltd