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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.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
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.
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.
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.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Guidance for waste collectors on household recycling requirements in England, which change on 31 March 2026.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Find out what waste exemptions are and when you need to register them. Understand waste exemption conditions and charges.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging must collect and submit packaging data.
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