Register your waste exemptions

Read the waste exemptions guidance to check check:

• if you need to register an exemption.exemption 

• that Check you can comply with the exemption conditions.conditions 

• how much you’ll pay for your waste exemptions 

What

You can pay for your exemptions online with a debit or credit card. The service will calculate what you needowe before you pay anything.  

You can also pay by bank transfer. 

You pay once when you register and the exemptions last for 3 years. 

Charities and T28 exemptions  

You do not have to pay for waste exemptions if: 

• you’re a registered charity, or your organisation works only for a charitable purpose 

• you’re registering a T28 waste exemption 

Call the Environment Agency to register by phone.

Before you start – what you need

To register waste exemptions you need to know:  

• which exemptions you need – see the list of waste exemptions 

• name, address and contact details of the person or business carrying out the waste activity  

• company registration number and registered address if you’re a limited company or limited liability partnership

• address and postcode or grid reference where the waste activity will take place (this may be different to the business address) 

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• your payment details – you can pay by credit or debit card, or bank transfer

Waste exemptions last for 3 years. You’ll get an email when it’s time to renew.

Deregistering or updating

To deregister an exemption or update your contact details you need: 

• your waste exemption (WEX) registration number  

• the email address you used to register the exemption

Register, deregister or update your details

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Linear networks and multiple site registrations  

Use this registration form instead of the digital service if:

• your waste activity is along a road, canal, track or other type of linear network
• you want to register the same exemption at 30 or more sites (known as multiple site registration)

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