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Treating, storing, and using carbon dioxide from anaerobic digestion: RPS 255

Environment Agency regulatory position on the capture, treatment, storage and use of carbon dioxide (CO2) from anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 26 April 2022
• Last updated: 13 September 2023
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  1. 13 September 2023

     This RPS will next be reviewed by 1 September 2026.

  2. 23 June 2022

     Updated the 'Conditions you must comply with' section of this regulatory position statement to say you must not store more than 150 tonnes of CO2 at any one time.

  3. 26 April 2022

     First published.

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Treating, storing, and using carbon dioxide from anaerobic digestion: RPS 255

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to have an environmental permit for a waste operation when you capture, treat, store and use carbon dioxide (CO₂) from AD of waste.

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

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