SR2022 No 4: non-hazardous waste recycling with asbestos, hazardous batteries, cable and WEEE storage
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Applies to England
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This standard rules permit allows you to operate a waste facility transferring and treating a range of non-hazardous wastes. These rules also allow storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
You can apply for this standard rules permit if:if:
your activity meets the rules set out in the permit
permityou can manage the potential risks as set out in the generic risk assessment
assessment
Charges
The charges for applying for this standard rules permit are:
£3,926 for a new standard rules permit application
£1,178 for a minor variation to the permit
£2,529 to transfer the permit
£2,536 to surrender the permit
There is also an annual subsistence charge of £4,169 for the standard rules permit.permit.
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How to apply for an environmental permit.
This permit replaces:
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Updates to this page
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Added that the Environment Agency is testing a new online service for permit applications in England. Added a link so you can sign up to use the new service and give feedback.
Update history
2025-11-06 16:30
Added that the Environment Agency is testing a new online service for permit applications in England. Added a link so you can sign up to use the new service and give feedback.
2025-04-28 13:22
In Table 2.1 clarified that its whole end-of-life tyres. Condition 2.2.3 has been changed to apply the limits to the storage and treatment outdoors of wastes listed in table 2.3b.Technique 9 – Separately collected food. The requirement for disinfection has been removed the requirement for spillages of food waste to be cleaned up has been changed to “as soon as practicable and in any event within an hour of them occurring” rather than immediately. Technique 15 – a clarified that lithium-ion batteries which have been sorted must be marked as a fire hazard and stored accordingly. Table 2.3a – waste code 16 01 03 has been amended to whole end-of-life-tyres.Corrected an error in the charge for the minor variation and surrender. Added a link to ‘Extension to comply with new standard rules permits: RPS 331’ – this regulatory position statement has extended the deadline for complying or applying for a permit for existing permit holders..
2024-12-18 17:53
First published.