Managing sludge from non-mains systems
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How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Managing separator toilet waste
- Storing sludge from non-mains systems
- Treating sludge from non-mains systems
- Treating waste from portable separator toilets
- Classifying sludge from non-mains systems
- Spreading residual septic tank sludges to land used in agriculture
- Wastes that are not suitable for agricultural land
- Storing septic tank sludge for use in agriculture
- Spreading septic tank sludge to land used in agriculture
- Meeting the requirements of the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations
- Get advice
Source and licence
Environment Agency
AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘Managing sludge from non-mains systems’ (updated 29 April 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