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Storing fly-tipped waste and waste from trash screens and litter bins: RPS 60

Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store fly-tipped waste, waste from trash screens and public litter bins without an environmental permit.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 27 March 2014
• Last updated: 14 August 2025
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  1. 14 August 2025

     The following changes have been made: - requirement for storage of the waste to be on impermeable surfacing added - requirement to store trash screen waste so that any liquid is captured and contained - proposed as a candidate exemption for future consideration - all content reviewed and updated onto the current template

  2. 7 October 2022

     Updated this regulatory position statement (RPS) to clarify when it applies and how to comply with it. Updated the next review date for this RPS to 12 August 2025.

  3. 27 March 2014

     First published.

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Storing fly-tipped waste and waste from trash screens and litter bins: RPS 60

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to have an environmental permit where one is required; nor to register an activity as exempt where an appropriate exemption is available.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with these legal requirements if you meet the requirements in this RPS.

The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements.