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The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
The 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.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
Understand what drinks businesses need to do under the Deposit Return Scheme from 1 October 2027.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
The T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
The U8 exemption allows you to use waste materials (that do not need treating) for a specific purpose to reduce the use of virgin or non-waste materials.
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.
The T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
End of waste criteria for the production and use of aggregates from inert waste.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
Find out how to prepare written assessments to collect paper and card with other dry recyclables. Assessments will be required from March 2025 or March 2026, depending where you collect from.
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