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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. Dispose of business or commercial waste

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

  5. Septic tanks and treatment plants: permits and general binding rules

    How to apply for an environmental permit or qualify for an exemption for a home septic tank or treatment plant - permits, exceptions, application forms and fees

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Access the public register for environmental information
    • Detailed guide
    • Environment Agency
  2. Register your waste exemptions: environmental permits (England)
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
  3. Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
  4. Packaging waste: producer responsibilities
    • Detailed guide
    • Environment Agency
  5. Waste duty of care code of practice
    • Statutory guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
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News and communications

Press release

Corby man gets a suspended sentence for illegal waste operations

Environment Agency

  1. Waste overwhelms Dorset brothers' recycling business
    • Environment Agency
    • Press release
  2. Second consecutive Gold in national awards for LLWR Site team
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • News story
  3. 'No deal' EU exit: Government issues reminder to waste industry
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
    • Press release
  4. Wiltshire waste dealer forced to pay back £200,000
    • Environment Agency
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Quarterly Agricultural Market Report (average livestock and crop prices) Northern Ireland, 2019
    • Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
    • National statistics
  2. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK
    • Environment Agency
    • Statistical data set
  3. Waste management data for England
    • Environment Agency
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. WEEE: Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) Balancing System (PBS)
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 15 April 2019
  2. Packaging waste: changing the UK producer responsibility system for packaging waste
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Welsh Government, The Scottish Government, and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 13 May 2019
  3. National FCERM strategy: Strategic Environmental Assessment scoping report
    • Environment Agency
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 09 October 2018
  4. Packaging waste: changing business targets for paper, steel, aluminium and wood
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 06 January 2017
  5. Thermal solution can reduce waste volumes
    • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Case study
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. On The Level Issue 19 March 2019
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
  2. NDA Mid-Year Performance Report 2018 to 2019
    • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
    • Corporate report
  3. Direct Research Portfolio Annual Report 2017 to 2018
    • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
    • Corporate report
  4. Waste Metric Dashboard: March 2019
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
  5. Customer Notice: 2019-001 Waste Forecasting Submissions January 2019
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
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