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How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
Environment Agency regulatory position on how to classify excavated waste from street works and utility works when you cannot take samples before excavation.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
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