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Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.

• Updated: 12 January 2024

How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.

• Updated: 1 April 2025

How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.

• Updated: 19 December 2022

When you must tell the Environment Agency that you're storing material containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and how to do it.

• Updated: 27 March 2015

Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

• Updated: 9 August 2024

Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

• Updated: 2 December 2024

Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

• Updated: 26 April 2024

Information relating to persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

• Updated: 14 April 2025

Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.

• Updated: 7 August 2023

How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.