Voluntary litter collection and waste management: RPS 212
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, transporting, bulking up and accepting litter from voluntary litter collections.
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- Environment Agency
- Published
- 9 May 2018
- Last updated
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Applies to England
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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to:
- register as a waste carrier where you transport waste as part of your business activity
- complete a transfer note when you transfer waste
- have a waste permit when you bulk up and or store waste unless you have a relevant exemption
- only send waste to a site that can legally accept that waste because it is has a relevant waste permit or waste exemption
- only accept waste at a permitted site if your permit allows you to accept that waste
when you manage or receive waste from voluntary litter collections.
However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with these legal requirements if you meet the requirements in the RPS.
The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements.
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Published 9 May 2018
Last updated 85 AugustJune 2024
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2025-06-05 14:08
Extended the review date of the RPS to 31 October 2026. In the section ‘Conditions you must comply with’ added ‘You must transfer stored litter to a permitted site that stores similar waste types, such as a HWRC’. Added a new section ‘Things to note’, this RPS relates to an activity that potentially suitable to be an exemption under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.
2024-08-08 14:54
This RPS allows the collected litter to be accepted by a permitted site that stores similar waste types, such as a HWRC. We have updated this RPS to the latest template. The next review date is 30 April 2025.
Details
This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to:
- register as a waste carrier where you transport waste as part of your business activity
- complete a transfer note when you transfer waste
- have a waste permit when you bulk up and or store waste unless you have a relevant exemption
- only send waste to a site that can legally accept that waste because it is has a relevant waste permit or waste exemption
- only accept waste at a permitted site if your permit allows you to accept that waste
when you manage or receive waste from voluntary litter collections.
However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with these legal requirements if you meet the requirements in the RPS.
The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements.
Updates to this page
Sign up for emails or print this page
Update history
2025-06-05 14:08
Extended the review date of the RPS to 31 October 2026. In the section ‘Conditions you must comply with’ added ‘You must transfer stored litter to a permitted site that stores similar waste types, such as a HWRC’. Added a new section ‘Things to note’, this RPS relates to an activity that potentially suitable to be an exemption under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.
2024-08-08 14:54
This RPS allows the collected litter to be accepted by a permitted site that stores similar waste types, such as a HWRC. We have updated this RPS to the latest template. The next review date is 30 April 2025.