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This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
The T28 exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
Guidance for waste collectors on household recycling requirements in England, which change on 31 March 2026.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
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How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) must collect and submit packaging data.
If you put EEE on the UK market you must follow rules on both the EEE you sell and the EEE that becomes waste (WEEE).
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
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