Legislative links

This page is being continually updated.

WEEE

• 2012 EU WEEE Directive
• UK WEEE Regulations 2013
• BIS Guidance 2014
• EA Scope Guidance 2012
• Updated Scope Guidance 2014
• EA Guidance on when EEE is WEEE
• WEEE Public Register
• AATF accreditation
• Dual use Guidance
• Distributor Takeback Scheme
• Netting off exports
• AATF Forum

Packaging

• EU Packaging Waste Directive
• Packaging Waste Regulations 2007
  • 2010 amendments
  • 2012 amendments
• Northern Ireland Regulations
• Target calculator
• Data - NPWD
• Agreed Positions and Technical Interpretations v8.3
• Agency Guidance on registration WMP1
• Reprocessor/exporter accreditation
• Producer responsibilities 

Sources of Statistical Data

• EU
  • Waste Statistical Database
• UK
  • HMRC Bulletins including Landfill Tax
  • UK stats of waste collection types - WRAP
  • UK Statistics on waste 2019 (Defra)
• England
  • England waste and recycling statistics
  • Defra 2017 Digest of Waste and Resources Statistics
  • England Waste Management Plan Consultation 2013
  • Defra Statistics on Waste 2010 - 2012
  • EA Waste Data Interrogator for 2018
  • EA Public Register of Data
  • EA hazardous waste data interrogator for 2018
• Wales
  • Wales household waste stats
  • Wales business waste stats
  • Wales overview stats
• Scotland
  • Scotland waste data reporting
  • Scotland household waste stats
  • Scotland business waste stats
• Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland environmental statistics
  • Northern Ireland household waste stats

Waste regulations

• Environmental Regulation list - England and Wales
• Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
  • 2012 Amendment - revised separate collection definition (Reg 13)
  • 2014 -Amendment - alternative to waste transfer note.
• Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011
  • 2012 Amendment - separate collection requirements
• Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

General

• EWC code search
• SIC code search
• SIC 2003
• SIC 2007
• WISH Fire Control Guidance - Oct 2014
• EA Guidance on Bonfires
• BIS Regulator's Code
• Companies House
• Definition of Waste
• EU MS Landfill Tax charges
• WISH
• Plastics Europe - 2018 Fact Sheet

Construction Waste

• CL:AIRE Definition of waste

EA information

• EA Contact - 03708 506 506
• EA Complaints Procedure
• EA Archives
• Archived Permit applications
• Waste data
• EA regulatory and guidance links on GOV.UK
• EA Waste Infrastructure Report 2011
• EA Quality Protocols
• EA End of waste and by-product hazard and risk assessment
• EA Regulatory Position Statements
• Guidance on low risk waste activities 
• Public Access Open Data
• Environment Agency Organisation Chart as at 5 May 2022
• List of EA offices throughout England
• Regulating the waste industry - 2015 summary
• Regulating for people - 2015 summary
• Waste crime data 2015
• EA Appeal/Complaint procedure
• Electronic hazardous waste consignment note development

EA public registers

• Environmental information public registers
• Permitted sites, scrap metal dealers, enforcement actions
• Exemptions
• Upper tier waste carriers/brokers/dealers
• Lower tier waste carriers/brokers/dealers

Others

• SEPA Waste Guidance documents
• SEPA Guidance on Definition of Waste
• SEPA waste carrier/broker public register
• SEPA WEEE Public register
• NRW - all public registers
• NRW waste carrier/broker public register
• NRW hazardous waste producer public register
• NRW - map of permitted sites
• NIEA public registers

Interesting reports

• Development of Guidance on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) - DG Environment 2014
• A discussion of the UK PRN system in relation to EPR - ESA 2016
• Overview of the UK waste industry 2016