Guidance

Low risk waste positions: electrical equipment, including constituent parts and accessories

The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 20 August 2019
• Last updated: 5 February 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Storing and dismantling waste domestic gas meters: LRWP 11

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Storing and treating waste domestic gas boilers: LRWP 40

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Storing hazardous components from WEEE at existing S2 exempt operations: LRWP 81

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Storing and treating hazardous components from WEEE at existing T11 exempt operations: LRWP 82

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If the Environment Agency provides a LRWP for an activity, you can carry it out without an environmental permit for a waste operation provided that you meet all the conditions.

The Environment Agency may review its LRWPs. It may decide the activity is no longer suitable for a LRWP or that the conditions need changing. You must regularly check that the LRWP you are benefiting from is still in place.

LRWPs for electrical equipment, including constituent parts and accessories that have been withdrawn

The LRWP ‘Shredding computer hard drives: LRWP 20’ has been replaced by the regulatory position statements (RPS):

• Shredding electronic storage media containing confidential or sensitive material: RPS 309
• Accepting shredded electronic storage media at sites permitted to accept hazardous WEEE: RPS 324

‘Storing and treating scroll compressors from air conditioning and refrigeration units: LRWP 48’ has been withdrawn as it is no longer needed.

Published 20 August 2019
Last updated 5 February 2025 + show all updates

1. 5 February 2025

   'Storing and treating scroll compressors from air conditioning and refrigeration units: LRWP 48' has been withdrawn as it is no longer needed.

2. 24 January 2025

   The LRWP 'Shredding computer hard drives: LRWP 20' has been replaced by 'Shredding electronic storage media containing confidential or sensitive material: RPS 309' and 'Accepting shredded electronic storage media at sites permitted to accept hazardous WEEE: RPS 324'.

3. 15 November 2021

   Edited 'Storing and treating waste domestic gas boilers: LRWP 40': Under the heading 'Conditions you must comply with', changed the List of Waste code to 20 01 35* or 20 01 36.

4. 21 April 2021

   Added 2 new low risk waste positions: 'Storing hazardous components from WEEE at existing S2 exempt operations: LRWP 81', and 'Storing and treating hazardous components from WEEE at existing T11 exempt operations: LRWP 82'.

5. 20 August 2019

   First published.