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Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging must collect and submit packaging data.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households.
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 apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
Understand which wipes will be banned, when plastic wet wipes can still be sold, and how the ban will be enforced.
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.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
This code of practice outlines what a court of law might consider as applicable to different types of land.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
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