Guidance

Segregating waste upholstered domestic seating that may contain POPs at HWRCs: RPS 266

Environment Agency regulatory position for local authorities, or contractors acting on their behalf, who operate household waste recycling centres and, or bulky waste collection services from households.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
19 December 2022
Last updated
29 August 2023 — See all updates

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This regulatory position statement has been withdrawn because it has expired.

Follow the guidance on managing waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs instead.

Applies to England

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Segregating waste upholstered domestic seating that may contain persistent organic pollutants (POPs) at HWRCs: RPS 266

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to take all reasonable steps to avoid contaminating other waste with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) when you collect, receive and store items of waste upholstered domestic seating:

  • at a HWRC
  • as part of bulky waste collected from households

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with this legal requirement when segregating waste upholstered domestic seating at a HWRC or as part of a bulky waste collection service from households if you meet the requirements in this RPS.

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

Updates to this page

Published 19 December 2022
Last updated 29 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. We have amended the RPS to give more time to submit implementation plans, and to widen the scope of the RPS to include fly-tipped mixed bulky waste containing waste upholstered domestic seating.

  2. Extended this RPS to include waste from bulky waste collection services from households.

  3. First published.

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