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Storing and treating waste clothes hangers: RPS 285

Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and treating waste clothes hangers.

Applies to England

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to have an environmental permit for a waste operation when you:

  • store and treat plastic and metal waste clothes hangers under a T4 waste exemption

  • store and manually treat additional types of waste clothes hangers to those allowed under a T12 waste exemption

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

Published 14 September 2023
Last updated 5 January 2026 + show all updates
  1. 'Storing and treating waste clothes hangers: RPS 285' has been reviewed and updated. The next review date is 1 December 2028.

  2. First published.

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