Skip to main content
Guidance

SR2022 No 5: non-hazardous waste transfer with asbestos, hazardous batteries, cable and WEEE storage

Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Updates to this page

From:
Environment Agency
Published:
18 December 2024
Last updated:
1 May 2026
Show all updates

  1. Removed the quarterly reporting requirement for non-waste material.

  2. Charging information removed because it is incorporated into The Environment Agency (Environmental Permitting and Abstraction Licensing) (England) Charging Scheme 2022 (as amended).

  3. Updated the 'Details' section to linked to the new service for applying for a environmental permit online in England.

  4. Added that the Environment Agency is testing a new online service for permit applications in England. Added a link so you can sign up to use the new service and give feedback.

  5. Clarified that Table 2.1 is whole end-of-life tyres. Condition 2.2.3 has been changed to apply the limits to the storage and transfer outdoors of wastes listed in table 2.3b. Technique 7 - Separately collected food. The requirement for disinfection has been removed the requirement for spillages of food waste to be cleaned up has been changed to “as soon as practicable and in any event within an hour of them occurring” rather than immediately. Technique 13 - a clarification has been made to require lithium-ion batteries which have been sorted must be marked as a fire hazard and stored accordingly. Table 2.3a - waste code 16 01 03 has been amended to whole end-of-life-tyres. Corrected an error in the charge for the minor variation and surrender. Added a link to 'Extension to comply with new standard rules permits: RPS 331' - this regulatory position statement has extended the deadline for complying or applying for a permit for existing permit holders.

  6. SR2022 No 5: non-hazardous waste transfer with asbestos, hazardous batteries, cable and WEEE storage – corrected date in section 2 'Improvement condition' to 'Operators of existing facilities (permits issued before 18 December 2024) shall by 18 June 2026 ensure their building is enclosed as defined in condition 4.4'.

  7. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

SR2022 No 5: non-hazardous waste transfer with asbestos, hazardous batteries, cable and WEEE storage

HTML

SR2022 No 5: generic risk assessment – non-hazardous waste transfer with asbestos, hazardous batteries, cable and WEEE storage

HTML

Details

This standard rules permit allows you to operate a waste facility transferring a range of non-hazardous wastes. These rules also allow storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).  

You can apply for this standard rules permit if:

  • your activity meets the rules set out in the permit
  • you can manage the potential risks as set out in the generic risk assessment

Apply online

You can apply online for this permit in England.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content