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Cleansing and PPE waste at a healthcare waste management facility: RPS C1

When you can store or treat coronavirus (COVID-19) cleansing and used PPE waste without having codes 15 02 02* or 15 02 03 in your permit.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
27 March 2020
Last updated
29 June 2021 — See all updates

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The Environment Agency has withdrawn the regulatory position statement ‘Cleansing and PPE waste at a healthcare waste management facility: RPS C1’ because it has expired.

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This COVID-19 regulatory position statement (RPS) only applies to:

  • waste from cleaning people or places infected, or potentially infected, with coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • separately collected personal protective equipment (PPE) waste, for example used facemasks and gloves, from commercial premises and produced as a result of social distancing measures

This COVID-19 RPS allows this waste to be safely stored and treated at a healthcare waste management facility.

If you follow the conditions in this COVID-19 RPS, and your permit allows you to:

  • store waste coded 18 01 03* you can also store waste coded 15 02 02*
  • treat waste coded 18 01 03* you can also treat waste coded 15 02 02*
  • store waste coded 18 01 04 you can also store waste coded 15 02 03
  • treat waste coded 18 01 04 you can also treat waste coded 15 02 03
Published 27 March 2020
Last updated 29 June 2021 + show all updates

  1. We have extended the expiry date to 31 December 2021.

  2. We have extended the expiry date to 30 June 2021.

  3. We have extended the expiry date of this COVID-19 RPS from 30 September 2020 to 31 March 2021.

  4. We have extended the expiry date to 30 September 2020.

  5. This COVID-19 RPS has been updated to include separately collected personal protective equipment (PPE) waste, coded 15 02 03.

  6. First published.

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