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Waste returns: materials facility combined waste returns spreadsheet

Sites notified as materials facilities need to use this combined waste returns spreadsheet to submit quarterly returns to the Environment Agency.

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Materials facility combined waste returns spreadsheet

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Details

From October 2024, notified material facilities need to submit more detailed reporting to the Environment Agency. The combined spreadsheet sets out the form for providing this information along with:

  • waste tonnage data
  • details about the site’s technically competent manager

Use this with the guidance on:

How to complete the spreadsheet

  1. Save the spreadsheet to your device.

  2. Fill it in by following the guidance on how to complete a combined waste return, attached to this page.

  3. Email your completed spreadsheet to national-operator-returns@environment-agency.gov.uk. If your completed spreadsheet is larger than 10MB, you may need to zip (compress) it before emailing it.

Reporting under the 2016 regulations 

If you need the previous version of the combined spreadsheet for reporting data for the period 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024, email  MFregs@environment-agency.gov.uk

Get help

If you have any questions about materials facility regulations, email MFregs@environment-agency.gov.uk

Privacy

The national operator waste returns privacy notice explains:

  • what data we need to collect
  • what we do with the data
  • how long we hold the data
  • your rights

Commercial confidentiality

If you can show that any information you send us is commercially or industrially confidential, we’ll consider removing that information from the public register.

Updates to this page

Published 17 August 2018
Last updated 30 August 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated the spreadsheet and added guidance on how to complete a return to reflect the updated requirements from October 2024.

  2. Made minor format changes and added Standard Rules Permits codes and T codes to the form.

  3. Added a link to the national operator returns privacy notice.

  4. Uploaded revised spreadsheet to include the requirement to report data on your site's technically competent manager (TCM).

  5. First published.

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