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Accepting household packaging waste at HWRCs: RPS 234

Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting separately collected household packaging waste at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) when 15 01 waste codes are not in your environmental permit.

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Environment Agency
Published
10 June 2020
Last updated
19 February 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Accepting household packaging waste at HWRCs: RPS 234

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to comply with an environmental permit for a waste operation to accept separately collected household packaging waste when codes 15 01 01 to 15 01 09 are not in your environmental permit.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with this legal requirement if you meet the requirements in the RPS.

The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements..

Updates to this page

Published 10 June 2020
Last updated 19 February 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated the RPS to the new RPS template and extended the review date to 1 January 2027.

  2. First published.

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