The Environment Agency updated this guidance on 26 October 2026. What changed, in its own words:

The guidance as it stands now

This charging scheme covers:

• waste electrical and electronic equipment
• waste batteries and accumulators
• waste carriers, brokers and dealers
• international waste shipments
• transfrontier shipment of radioactive waste and spent fuel
• simpler recycling – separate collection of recyclable waste

For waste permit charges, see:

• environmental permits: when and how you are charged
• the environmental permitting charging scheme