| Type |
Position statement |
Date |
| Treating waste |
Shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs: RPS 264 |
06-Feb-25 |
| Using waste |
Using waste fire extinguishers for training: RPS 221 |
05-Feb-25 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and depressurising nominally empty nitrous oxide canisters: RPS 289 |
04-Feb-25 |
| Disposing of waste |
Classify excavated waste from street and utility works: RPS 298 |
30-Jan-25 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and managing excavated waste from street works: RPS 299 |
30-Jan-25 |
| Disposing of waste |
Accepting shredded electronic storage media at sites permitted to accept hazardous WEEE: RPS 324 |
24-Jan-25 |
| Treating waste |
Shredding electronic storage media containing confidential or sensitive material: RPS 309 |
24-Jan-25 |
| Using waste |
Using final effluent from sewage treatment works to fill empty petrol tanks: RPS 320 |
22-Jan-25 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and treating filter bed media: RPS 322 |
14-Jan-25 |
| Treating waste |
Treating solid waste from composting toilets: RPS 318 |
14-Jan-25 |
| Disposing of waste |
Disposing of waste milk following an animal disease outbreak: RPS 40 |
09-Jan-25 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and spreading zoo manure to benefit land: RPS 313 |
09-Jan-25 |
| Using waste |
Using unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA) in construction activities: RPS 247 |
09-Jan-25 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and using manure to breed worms for a wormery: RPS 316 |
08-Jan-25 |
| Treating waste |
Bioaerosol monitoring at regulated facilities: RPS 209 |
08-Jan-25 |
| Treating waste |
Treating food waste where food is served and consumed: RPS 229 |
26-Nov-24 |
| International waste shipments |
Imports of UK origin naturally occurring radioactive material waste to England: RPS 323 |
14-Nov-24 |
| Treating waste |
Treating and using water containing concrete at construction sites: RPS 287 |
23-Oct-24 |
| Treating waste |
Treating and using water containing suspended solids at construction sites: RPS 235 |
23-Oct-24 |
| Treating waste |
Treating small volumes of contaminated soil and groundwater: RPS 215 |
16-Oct-24 |
| Disposing of waste |
Accepting metal shredder residues and post shredder treatment residues at landfills: RPS 314 |
02-Oct-24 |
| Treating waste |
Treating organic distillery waste in a wormery: RPS 311 |
01-Oct-24 |
| Groundwater discharges |
Discharge of heat to ground from a single closed loop ground source heating and cooling system supplying residential premises: RPS 307 |
30-Sep-24 |
| Using waste |
Using waste codes for sludge materials: RPS 231 |
12-Sep-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing lead acid batteries, cable and gas cylinders at household waste recycling centres (HWRCs): RPS 308 |
11-Sep-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing, treating and sterilising waste coir: RPS 303 |
11-Sep-24 |
| Disposing of waste |
Disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests: RPS 71 |
29-Aug-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storage of waste washroom aerosol air freshener canisters: RPS 63 |
29-Aug-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and compacting waste coffee grounds: RPS 306 |
21-Aug-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing mixed fuel from misfuelled vehicles: RPS 9 |
14-Aug-24 |
| Disposing of waste |
Voluntary litter collection and waste management: RPS 212 |
08-Aug-24 |
| Treating waste |
Heat treating waste plastics for reuse: RPS 112 |
07-Aug-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing waste left by former tenants in empty properties: RPS 171 |
29-Jul-24 |
| Treating waste |
Treating pesticide washings using lined biobeds and biofilters: RPS 140 |
29-Jul-24 |
| Using waste |
Using whole waste tyres: RPS 301 |
19-Jul-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing ELVs at a motor manufacturer’s dealership: RPS 205 |
18-Jul-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and cutting waste rubber conveyor belts for reuse: RPS 305 |
08-Jul-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and drying waste wood for burning in a Part B co-incinerator: RPS 213 |
06-Jun-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and handling waste glass containing other wastes: RPS 292 |
21-May-24 |
| Treating waste |
Removing batteries, plugs and power cables from WEEE at HWRCs: RPS 295 |
08-May-24 |
| Treating waste |
Denaturing controlled drugs that have become waste: RPS 4 |
02-May-24 |
| Surface water discharges |
Temporary discharge of water unfit for supply from water treatment and supply assets: RPS 280 |
17-Apr-24 |
| Fisheries |
Using automatic hooking devices in angling: RPS 293 |
28-Mar-24 |
| Treating waste |
Carrying out research or trials with waste at sites without an environmental permit |
13-Mar-24 |
| Using waste |
Storing and treating waste fire extinguishers: RPS 132 |
13-Mar-24 |
| Disposing of waste |
LPG flaring at end-of-life vehicle sites: RPS 202 |
06-Mar-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and physically treating hazardous metal shredder residues: RPS 274 |
06-Mar-24 |
| Using water |
Abstracting floodwater outside of licence conditions during flood events: RPS 300 |
20-Feb-24 |
| Disposing of waste |
Accepting household packaging waste at HWRCs: RPS 234 |
19-Feb-24 |
| Treating waste |
Collecting, storing and upgrading biogas from on-farm manure and slurry: RPS 259 |
13-Feb-24 |
| Storing waste |
Temporary storage of waste sandbags after a flood: RPS 168 |
09-Feb-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and treating hazardous waste cable: RPS 276 |
05-Feb-24 |
| Treating waste |
Composting and anaerobic digestion of insect manure (frass): RPS 281 |
01-Feb-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing waste incapacitant sprays: RPS 138 |
30-Jan-24 |
| Storing waste |
Temporary storage of waste coffee pods: RPS 282 |
30-Jan-24 |
| Storing waste |
Storing cans of waste paint collected by take-back schemes: RPS 267 |
08-Jan-24 |
| Using waste |
Using R134a gas recovered from end of life vehicles (ELVs): RPS 226 |
03-Jan-24 |
| Medium combustion plants and specified generators |
Operating a schedule 25B, tranche B specified generator for research and development: RPS 220 |
19-Dec-23 |
| Using waste |
Using pine trees to restore dunes or protect riverbanks: RPS 236 |
06-Dec-23 |
| Treating waste |
Treating microbiological laboratory waste where it is produced: RPS 233 |
27-Nov-23 |
| Treating waste |
Cleaning and sterilising waste medical instruments containing metal for recovery: RPS 160 |
30-Oct-23 |
| Using waste |
Use of clay in slurry lagoons or irrigation reservoirs: RPS 91 |
16-Oct-23 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and treating litter, straw, slurry and washwater from an animal disease outbreak: RPS 36 |
06-Oct-23 |
| Surface water discharges |
Open loop heat pump systems: apply to install one |
02-Oct-23 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and treating waste clothes hangers: RPS 285 |
14-Sep-23 |
| Treating waste |
Treating, storing, and using carbon dioxide from anaerobic digestion: RPS 255 |
13-Sep-23 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and using clean CRT screen glass in bound applications: RPS 188 |
12-Sep-23 |
| Storing waste |
Documentation for business waste at take back points: RPS 283 |
11-Sep-23 |
| Treating waste |
Recovering unused waste plastics coded 16 03 06: RPS 273 |
29-Aug-23 |
| Using waste |
Use of manufactured topsoil: RPS 190 |
24-Aug-23 |
| Disposing of waste |
Treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants: RPS 178 |
01-Aug-23 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and dewatering street sweeping waste: RPS 65 |
01-Aug-23 |
| Storing waste |
Retaining shock absorbers and airbags in end of life vehicles (ELVs): RPS 195 |
25-Jul-23 |
| Disposing of waste |
Incinerating wild animal carcasses: RPS 218 |
03-Jul-23 |
| Storing waste |
Storing samples of waste for regulation or investigation: RPS 183 |
29-Jun-23 |
| Covid |
Managing unused waste COVID-19 test kits: RPS C29 |
20-Jun-23 |
| Using waste |
Emergency services and armed forces use of ELVs and other wastes: RPS 167 |
05-May-23 |
| Disposing of waste |
Burning waste wood on campfires and bonfires: RPS 50 |
28-Apr-23 |
| Storing waste |
Temporary community waste collection points: RPS 223 |
22-Feb-23 |
| Storing waste |
Waste collection authorities contingency planning: RPS 79 |
22-Feb-23 |
| Treating waste |
Dewatering bentonite slurry waste in a bentonite recirculation plant: RPS 272 |
01-Feb-23 |
| Treating waste |
Solidifying wet utilities excavation waste using non-waste absorbents: RPS 275 |
26-Jan-23 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and treating chemical toilet waste: RPS 277 |
25-Jan-23 |
| Storing waste |
Storing contaminated waste waters from gas pipelines: RPS 100 |
19-Jan-23 |
| Using waste |
Replacing the use of ‘not otherwise specified’ waste codes: RPS 241 |
10-Jan-23 |
| Surface water discharges |
Temporary dewatering from excavations to surface water: RPS 261 |
06-Jan-23 |
| Disposing of waste |
Dewatering and depositing silts from sustainable drainage systems (SUDS): RPS 55 |
05-Jan-23 |
| Using waste |
Using wetlands to improve treated effluent discharge: RPS 260 |
29-Nov-22 |
| Storing waste |
Storing food waste: RPS 269 |
02-Nov-22 |
| Storing waste |
Temporary storage of recyclable waste at collection points by or for charities: RPS 239 |
31-Oct-22 |
| Storing waste |
Storing fly-tipped waste and waste from trash screens and litter bins: RPS 60 |
07-Oct-22 |
| Disposing of waste |
Registering as a small packaging producer using the allocation method: RPS 230 |
29-Sep-22 |
| Using water |
Storing and dewatering non-hazardous iron ochre sludge from abandoned coal mines: RPS 262 |
22-Sep-22 |
| Disposing of waste |
Disposing of waste from clearing blocked sewers: RPS 7 |
18-Jul-22 |
| Treating waste |
Treating municipal waste by aerobic digestion: RPS 257 |
18-Jul-22 |
| Storing waste |
Storing waste onboard vehicles seized by regulators: RPS 258 |
06-Jul-22 |
| Onshore oil and gas |
Decommissioning standalone onshore oil and gas wells: RPS 254 |
28-Jan-22 |
| Disposing of waste |
Burning waste in the open after an animal disease outbreak: RPS 251 |
19-Jan-22 |
| Treating waste |
Environmental permits for ‘orphan’ waste effluent treatment plants: RPS 33 |
17-Dec-21 |
| Disposing of waste |
Incinerating straw, manure and litter from an animal disease outbreak: RPS 34 |
12-Nov-21 |
| Treating waste |
Collect and treat waste from different sites within the same premises: RPS 224 |
11-Nov-21 |
| Chemicals |
Transformers containing PCBs: new rules – RPS 246 |
20-May-21 |
| Using water |
Rainwater harvesting: regulatory position statement |
28-Jan-21 |
| Using water |
Passive dewatering: regulatory position statement |
10-Dec-20 |
| Storing waste |
Storing and treating asphalt waste: RPS 157 |
04-Feb-20 |
| Treating waste |
Storing and treating asphalt waste: RPS 157 |
04-Feb-20 |
| Using waste |
Using treated asphalt waste: RPS 75 |
27-Mar-14 |
