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You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
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 鈥榚nd of waste鈥� status.
How to choose the right waste exemptions for your business, comply with exemption conditions, and know if you need to register.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
皇冠体育app T28 exemption allows pharmacies and similar places to denature controlled drugs to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
If you put EEE on the UK market you must follow rules on both the EEE you sell and the EEE that becomes waste (WEEE).
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
皇冠体育app D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
A T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
Guidance for waste collectors on household recycling requirements in England, which change on 31 March 2026.
皇冠体育app T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
How to report a business or organisation that is not separating or collecting recyclable waste in line with the Simpler Recycling rules.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) must collect and submit packaging data.
皇冠体育app 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.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
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