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Using PAS 100 or PAS 110 compliant material outside resource frameworks: RPS 317

Environment Agency regulatory position on using BSI PAS 100 or PAS 110 compliant material which does not meet the plastics limit in the relevant resource framework.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 20 October 2025

Applies to England

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Using PAS 100 or PAS 110 compliant material outside resource frameworks: RPS 317

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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 store and use BSI certified PAS 100 compost or PAS 110 digestate made from waste that does not meet the plastics limit in the:

• anaerobic digestate: resource framework
• compost: resource framework

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 the RPS.

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

Published 20 October 2025