WEEE & BatteriesAI-generated illustration: A close-up of a hand carefully placing a small, spent battery into a designated recycling container, alongside a stack of informational leaflets on battery disposal
Updated: Waste (miscellaneous) charging scheme

Updated the batteries and accumulators small producer charge.

AI-generated illustration: A close-up of a hand carefully placing a small, spent battery into a designated recycling container, alongside a stack of informational leaflets on battery disposal

Environment Agency

  • 26 Oct 2026
Digital Waste TrackingAI-generated illustration: A hand interacts with a tablet displaying a blank, out-of-focus screen, beside a stack of generic, unlabelled waste material, suggesting digital record-keeping
Report receipt of waste: choose a software provider

You can use software to automatically upload your waste records into the report receipt of waste service.

AI-generated illustration: A hand interacts with a tablet displaying a blank, out-of-focus screen, beside a stack of generic, unlabelled waste material, suggesting digital record-keeping

Defra

  • 23 Oct 2026
Packaging EPRAI-generated illustration: The strapped edge of a compressed bale of mixed cardboard and plastic film packaging
Updated: EPR for packaging: what you must do as a ‘small producer’

Updated information about registration fees and added information about registration deadlines.

AI-generated illustration: The strapped edge of a compressed bale of mixed cardboard and plastic film packaging

Defra

  • 22 Oct 2026
Permits & LicensingConsultation opens on Fornax permit draft decision
Consultation opens on Fornax permit draft decision

The Environment Agency has opened a consultation into its draft decision to grant an environmental permit to Fornax (North East) Ltd.

Consultation opens on Fornax permit draft decision

Environment Agency

  • 21 Oct 2026
Permits & LicensingAI-generated illustration: A gloved hand holding a clipboard with blank permit paperwork, shallow depth of field
Waste exemptions: new rules from January 2027

Details of changes to waste exemption rules from January 2027, subject to approval in Parliament.

AI-generated illustration: A gloved hand holding a clipboard with blank permit paperwork, shallow depth of field

Environment Agency

  • 21 Oct 2026
Digital Waste TrackingAI-generated illustration: A close-up of a hand holding a tablet displaying a blank digital form, with a pen resting on a stack of blurred paper documents in the background
Digital waste tracking: check if you need to report the waste you receive

When permitted or licensed organisations must report controlled waste using the ‘Report receipt of waste’ service.

AI-generated illustration: A close-up of a hand holding a tablet displaying a blank digital form, with a pen resting on a stack of blurred paper documents in the background

Defra

  • 19 Oct 2026