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Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Find out if your council collects recycling, how to recycle household waste such as mobile phones, computers, packaging and green waste
An independent research report.
Information for consumers.
Government will make it easier for people and businesses to reuse and recycle their old electrical goods
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Richmond perfume firm in fees fault – but Surrey wildlife the winner.
This series brings together all documents relating to Waste and recycling statistics.
How China’s rise as a global recycling hub affects other countries’ prospects for moving towards a circular economy
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
Includes collecting large waste items, garden waste and reporting problems
Seeking views on our plans to increase the consistency in materials collected for recycling in England.
Wide-ranging projects across seven key sectors of the economy to boost better design and reuse of resources whilst creating jobs and growing the economy
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