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Statutory guidance

Waste (miscellaneous) charging scheme

Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
21 March 2018
Last updated
13 AugustFebruary 20252026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Waste (Miscellaneous) (England) Charging Scheme 2018

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Details

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:

Updates to this page

Published 21 March 2018
Last updated 13 AugustFebruary 20252026 + show all updates

  2. Updated the charges to reflect the outcome of the recent cost of service consultation.

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Update history

2026-02-03 09:30
Added information to: part 1, Interpretation: general “The 1990 Act”, “household waste”, “relevant waste”; Liability to pay charges bullet (c); and part 7, Simpler recycling.

2025-08-01 14:36
Updated the charges to reflect the outcome of the recent cost of service consultation.

2024-04-02 12:56
Added the consolidated version of the charging scheme including all amendments up to and including April 2024.