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Consultation opens on Fornax permit draft decision

Permits & Licensing

Consultation opens on Fornax permit draft decision

by Environment Agency
21 Oct 2026

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Permits & Licensing

Waste exemptions: new rules from January 2027

by Environment Agency
21 Oct 2026

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Digital Waste Tracking

Digital waste tracking: check if you need to report the waste you receive

by Defra
19 Oct 2026

AI-generated illustration: A close-up of various spent batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, 9V, button cells) neatly sorted into small, clear plastic compartments, with a blurred legal document and pen in the background

WEEE & Batteries

EU Batteries Regulations in Northern Ireland

by Defra
17 Oct 2026

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Environment Agency consultation on a Resource Framework for Aggregate from Inert Waste

16 Oct 2026
1 min read

AI-generated illustration: A close-up of a hand sifting dark, manufactured topsoil, with a blurred soil testing kit and a clipboard with a pen in the background

Updated: Use of manufactured topsoil: RPS 190

12 Oct 2026
1 min read

Environment Agency issues permit variation for Powerfuel Portland

Environment Agency issues permit variation for Powerfuel Portland

12 Oct 2026
1 min read

AI-generated illustration: A close-up of a hand holding a pen, poised over a blank, out-of-focus document, with a small, unidentifiable sample of sludge material in a petri dish nearby

Updated: Using waste codes for sludge materials: RPS 231

9 Oct 2026
1 min read

AI-generated illustration: A close-up of various packaging materials – cardboard, plastic film, aluminium foil – neatly stacked, with a blank, out-of-focus document and a pen suggesting regulatory paperwork

Compliance with the packaging producer recycling obligations in 2026: RPS 383

9 Oct 2026
1 min read

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Updated: Waste exports control tool

6 Oct 2026
1 min read

AI-generated illustration: Neatly stacked, clear plastic packaging scraps, some with faint colouration, alongside a small, precise scale and a set of laboratory beakers, suggesting detailed material analysis

Draft legislation: Plastic packaging tax — chemical recycling and adoption of a mass balance approach

6 Oct 2026
1 min read

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Issuing PRNs and PERNs as a reprocessor or exporter

1 Oct 2026
8 min read

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Developing the digital waste tracking service

1 Oct 2026
1 min read

Truck doing rubbish collection on residential street

No hiding place: new tracking system exposes waste criminals like never before

1 Oct 2026
2 min read

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Register for EPR for packaging: create your registration file

10 Sept 2026

Storing waste PFOA-containing firefighting foams and wastes from their decontamination and replacement: RPS 376

7 Sept 2026

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK

1 Sept 2026