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Advice for Retailers and Producers
Seeking views on whether we should set a compliance fee for 2018. We also want your views on two proposals for managing this year’s fee.
Environment Agency regulatory position on removing batteries, plugs and power cables from waste electrical and electronic equipment at household waste recycling centres.
Seeking views on longer-term reforms to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013.
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
Seeking views on proposed amendments to the 2013 WEEE regulations, including introducing "Open Scope" requirements.
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The appropriate measures for waste pre-acceptance, acceptance and tracking at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment or transfer of WEEE.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
The Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme is a flagship programme funded by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
The additional appropriate measures for process monitoring at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating WTEE.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs).
Evaluation of the BIS impact assessment for the recast Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (final stage)
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
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