Statutory guidance
Waste (miscellaneous) charging scheme
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
Applies to England
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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:
Updates to this page
Published 21 March 2018
Last updated 3 February 2026
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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.
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Updated the charges to reflect the outcome of the recent cost of service consultation.
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Added the consolidated version of the charging scheme including all amendments up to and including April 2024.
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First published.