Guidance

Low risk waste positions: miscellaneous

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: 6 April 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Recovering silver from waste developing and fixing solutions: LRWP 1

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Storing and bottling wash water from flushing bottling machines: LRWP 4

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Storing and treating used gun cartridges: LRWP 12

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Storing and bagging spent mushroom compost: LRWP 15

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Storing and treating horticultural rockwool for reuse: LRWP 26

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Storing and dismantling waste shop fittings: LRWP 42

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Storing and draining domestic oil storage tanks and their residues: LRWP 47

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Storing and treating waste plastic by cleaning, washing, spraying or coating: LRWP 50

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Storing and treating used electrical insulating oil for reuse: LRWP 57

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Burning landfill gas in a small appliance: LRWP 58

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Storing and treating waste to make biochar: LRWP 60

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Repairing, refurbishing and cleaning intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) formally used in the food industry: LRWP 67

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Storing empty lubricating oil containers for recovery: LRWP 69

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Recycling waste spectacles: LRWP 76

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Storing and treating waste oyster shells: LRWP 78

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Details

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.

Published 20 August 2019
Last updated 6 April 2021 + show all updates

1. 6 April 2021

   Change made to 'Storing and treating used electrical insulating oil for reuse: LRWP 57': we have corrected a formatting error that made the waste codes in LRWP 57 appear without an asterisk for hazardous waste. All these waste codes now have an asterisk as they are all hazardous waste. Also change made to ‘Recycling waste spectacles: LRWP 76’: List of Waste code was 20 03 01 now 20 01 99.

2. 4 January 2021

   We have published a new low risk waste position - 'Storing and treating waste oyster shells: LRWP 78'.

3. 17 September 2020

   We have added 'Recycling waste spectacles: LRWP 76'.

4. 20 August 2019

   First published.