Statutory guidance

Waste (miscellaneous) charging scheme

Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 21 March 2018
• Last updated: 19 May 2026
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  1. 19 May 2026

     Updated paragraph 5A. All charges increase on 1 April 2027 and on 1 April annually in line with the Consumer Prices Index.

  2. 1 April 2026

     Updated all charges in line with the consumer price index (CPI) increase.

  3. 3 February 2026

     Added information to: part 1, Interpretation: general “The 1990 Act”, “household waste”, “relevant waste”; Liability to pay charges bullet (c); and part 7, Simpler recycling.

  4. 1 August 2025

     Updated the charges to reflect the outcome of the recent cost of service consultation.

  5. 2 April 2024

     Added the consolidated version of the charging scheme including all amendments up to and including April 2024.

  6. 21 March 2018

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Waste (Miscellaneous) (England) Charging Scheme 2018

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Details

This charging scheme covers:

• waste electrical and electronic equipment
• waste batteries and accumulators
• waste carriers, brokers and dealers
• international waste shipments
• transfrontier shipment of radioactive waste and spent fuel
• simpler recycling – separate collection of recyclable waste

For waste permit charges, see:

• environmental permits: when and how you are charged
• the environmental permitting charging scheme