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Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
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.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households.
How to complete waste returns and deadlines for submission.
T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
Where to deposit non-hazardous dredging spoil, how to treat it, and the quantities allowed under a D1 waste exemption.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for tyre pyrolysis oil produced from the pyrolysis of waste tyres.
Environment Agency regulatory position on completing waste transfer and consignment notes when business waste is deposited at a takeback point.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that apply to regulated facilities permitted to treat or transfer separate collections of waste batteries.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
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