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Waste management

Services

  1. 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.

  2. Dispose of business or commercial waste

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

  3. 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

  4. Recycling collections

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

  5. Find a local hazardous waste disposal service

    Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste

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Guidance and regulation

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

Press release

North East man fined for waste offences

Environment Agency

  1. Devastating impact on nature highlighted in new campaign to fight litter
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Press release
  2. Fly-tipping: New measures in government fight against waste crime
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • News story
  3. Apprentices promote the organisation to the next generation at Gen2 event
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • News story
  4. Cockwells Nursery landowner allowed waste hoard which caught fire
    • Environment Agency
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK
    • Environment Agency
    • Statistical data set
  2. Waste management data for England
    • Environment Agency
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. National FCERM strategy: Strategic Environmental Assessment scoping report
    • Environment Agency
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 09 October 2018
  2. Packaging waste: changing business targets for paper, steel, aluminium and wood
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 06 January 2017
  3. Waste electrical and electronic equipment compliance fee 2016
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 25 November 2016
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Packaging to 2050 of Low Level Waste Identified in the UKRWI
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
  2. Waste Metric Dashboard November 2018
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
  3. Customer Notice 2018-017: TC14/TC19 Labelling
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
  4. LLWR Plan 2018 to 2023
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
  5. Customer Notice 2018-016: Soil and Rubble Disposal to LLWR
    • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
    • Corporate report
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