Cleansing and PPE waste at a healthcare waste management facility: RPS C1
When you can store or treat coronavirus (COVID-19) cleansing and used PPE waste without having codes 15 02 02* or 15 02 03 in your permit.
Applies to England
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This COVID-19 regulatory position statement (RPS) only applies to:
- waste from cleaning people or places infected, or potentially infected, with coronavirus (COVID-19)
- separately collected personal protective equipment (PPE) waste, for example used facemasks and gloves, from commercial premises and produced as a result of social distancing measures
This COVID-19 RPS allows this waste to be safely stored and treated at a healthcare waste management facility.
If you follow the conditions in this COVID-19 RPS, and your permit allows you to:
- store waste coded 18 01 03* you can also store waste coded 15 02 02*
- treat waste coded 18 01 03* you can also treat waste coded 15 02 02*
- store waste coded 18 01 04 you can also store waste coded 15 02 03
- treat waste coded 18 01 04 you can also treat waste coded 15 02 03
Updates to this page
Published 27 March 2020Last updated 29 June 2021 + show all updates
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We have extended the expiry date to 31 December 2021.
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We have extended the expiry date to 30 June 2021.
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We have extended the expiry date of this COVID-19 RPS from 30 September 2020 to 31 March 2021.
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We have extended the expiry date to 30 September 2020.
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This COVID-19 RPS has been updated to include separately collected personal protective equipment (PPE) waste, coded 15 02 03.
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First published.