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How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
Guidance from 31 March 2025 (or 31 March 2027 for micro-firms) for waste collectors and workplaces on separating dry recyclables, food waste and black bin waste.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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.
Register waste exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
The 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.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Local authorities can find out how and when they’ll start to receive funding to manage packaging waste, including actions chief executives need to take.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
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