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Find out what waste exemptions are and when you need to register them. Understand waste exemption conditions and charges.
1. Overview A waste exemption is a waste management activity that is…
1. Overview Most waste exemptions must be registered with the Environment…
1. Overview Most businesses have to pay to register their waste…
How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste.
Register and pay for exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
Definition of single-use vapes and reusable vapes, information on regulation and enforcement, and how to recycle vapes.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Types of waste and the maximum amounts you can use in building projects, landscaping or drainage works under a U1 exemption.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
The T28 exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Guidance for packaging producers on 2025 recyclability assessments and implications for 2026-2027 modulated fees.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Businesses such as joiners, gardeners and farmers can burn their own untreated wood and plant waste on a bonfire, at the place it was produced.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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