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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.
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.
Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste.
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.
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.
Definition of single-use vapes and reusable vapes, information on regulation and enforcement, and how to recycle vapes.
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.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
The T28 exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
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.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).
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.
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.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
The Contracts for Innovation competition provides funding to trial and validate the impacts of resource efficiency solutions in the automotive, chemicals and construction sectors.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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