Classify different types of waste: your legal responsibilities
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You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Filling in waste transfer or consignment notes
- Use the correct waste codes
- How to find out if your waste is hazardous or POPs waste
- Mixing waste
- If you need more help
Source and licence
Environment Agency
AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘Classify different types of waste: your legal responsibilities’ (updated 1 May 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026