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Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Guidance for packaging producers on 2025 recyclability assessments and implications for 2026-2027 modulated fees.
S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
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 stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
U8 exemption allows you to use waste materials (that do not need treating) for a specific purpose to reduce the use of virgin or non-waste materials.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
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.
Where to deposit non-hazardous dredging spoil, how to treat it, and the quantities allowed under a D1 waste exemption.
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