Guidance

Food waste: how to store food waste prior to recovery or collection

Sets out the requirements for storing food waste, including liquid waste, away from where it is produced without an environmental permit.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 27 March 2014

This publication was withdrawn on 15 August 2018

This regulatory position statement no longer applies. You cannot follow the conditions in this RPS. You may need to apply for a waste environmental permit. The Environment Agency will give you until 15 November 2018 to apply for your permit.

Contact the Environment Agency if you’re not sure if you need a permit.

Applies to England

Documents

Storage of food waste intended for recovery: RPS 052

Ref: LIT 9934

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Details

The Environment Agency work with industry to develop a standard rules permit that cover the temporary storage of food waste for the purpose of bulking up prior to recovery at another location. This statement sets out how we regulate this activity until the permit is available.

Published 27 March 2014