Shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs: RPS 264
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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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 POPs when you shred waste upholstered domestic seating at a waste treatment site.
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.
This RPS has been updated to incorporate the requirements of RPS 297 monitoring fugitive emissions from shredding waste which has been withdrawn. It allows you to shred waste upholstered domestic seating at permitted sites whilst you monitor emissions from the shredding of WUDS.
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Published 19 December 2022Last updated 6 February 2025 + show all updates
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This RPS has been updated to incorporate the requirements of RPS 297 monitoring fugitive emissions from shredding waste which has been withdrawn. It allows you to shred waste upholstered domestic seating at permitted sites whilst you monitor emissions from the shredding of WUDS.
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First published.