COVID-19 waste-related guidance
The following is guidance/positions affecting waste activities and published specifically in relation to the 2020 Covid -19 crisis.
If you have access to any relevant guidance not shown below, please email and we will add to the list.
EA – COVID-19 regulatory position statements
- Storing or treating COVID-19 cleansing waste at a healthcare waste management facility: RPS – EA – 27 March 2020
- Exceeding waste storage limits at permitted sites because of COVID-19 – EA – 6 April (updated 17 April)
- Environment Agency letter to Regulatory Stakeholders – EA – 9 April
- Disposing of PPE waste from home healthcare workers treating hCovid patients – EA – 15 April
- Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator – EA – 15 April
- Monitoring emissions from installations, radioactive substances and waste activities – EA – 16 April
- COVID-19 and packaging waste: registering as a packaging producer: RPS C9 – EA – 20 April
- Social distancing when signing and handing over waste transfer and consignment notes in person: RPS C8 – EA – 20 April (updated 4 May removing the need for date of birth andclarifying electronic signatures)
- Reporting for installations, radioactive substances and waste permits: RPS C10 – 21 April
- Information about billing and payments during Coronavirus – 24 April
- EA Regulatory response to Covid – 28 April
- Delaying hazardous waste consignee returns: RPS C14 – 30 April 2020
- Temporary storage of incinerator bottom ash aggregate: RPS C16 – 30 April 2020
- Storing waste at unpermitted sites due to exceeding your storage limits: RPS C17 – 4 May
- Cleansing and PPE waste at a healthcare waste management facility: RPS C1 – 22 May
SEPA – Covid-19 Waste Management Regulatory Guidance page
- Covid-19 – Waste Management SEPA Guidance – SEPA – 1 April 2020
- Business Support Statement – SEPA – 6 April
- Overarching guidance on Regulation during Covid-19 crisis – SEPA – 8 April
- Temporary Regulatory Guidance – Waste Management v3 – SEPA – April
- Producer Responsibility (packaging) late payment RPS – SEPA – 24 April
- Producer Responsibility – Data RPS – 7 May
NRW
- Transfrontier Shipments documentation – NRW – 2 April
- Providing signatures on waste documentation – NRW – 2 April
- Packaging Producer Registration – NRW – 11 May
NIEA – Waste Regulations temporary Covid positions
- Guidance on temporary Covid-19 measures put in place regarding waste shipments to and from Northern Ireland
- Guidance for temporary arrangements for movements of hazardous waste during COVID-19 pandemic
- Authorised Waste Facilities – temporary variation of licence/permit conditions
- Waste Storage – temporary storage and/or treatment of waste at a site that does not hold a waste management licence or permit
- NIEA Temporary Covid 19 Position On Operator Competence For Authorised Waste Facilities
- The Producer Responsibility (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and amendments
Others – Main GOV.UK Guidance page
- WISH COVID-19 AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES – 2 April 2020
- Landfill tax operational flexibility note – HMRC – 2 April
- Social distancing in the workplace – Scottish Govt – 1 April
- Guidance for employers and Businesses – BEIS/PHE – updated 6 April
- Guidance on prioritising waste collection services during Covid – Defra – 7 April
- Social distancing in the workplace during coronavirus (COVID-19): sector guidance – Defra – 8 April
- Update on current drivers hours relaxations – Defra – 17 April
- Applications for renewing lorry and bus driving licences at age 45 and over during the coronavirus pandemic – Defra – 17 April
- Guidance on coronavirus testing for frontline workers who are self-isolating – Defra – 17 April
- Coronavirus – getting tested 23 April
- Roadmap to recovery – Govt – 11 May
- CIWM Coronavirus updates