Register or renew as a hazardous waste producer

Changes to registration as a hazardous waste producer

The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 were amended on 6 April 2009. This principally widened the scope of the exemption from hazardous waste producer registration:

• All types of premises that produce hazardous waste are now exempt from registration if no more than 500kg of hazardous waste is produced in a year.
• These changes currently only affect England. The Welsh Assembly Government is consulting on changes to the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 and the consultation can be found on the Welsh Assembly Government website. We will apply the new exemption criteria to customers in Wales pending the outcome of the consultation.
• More details on the amendment regulations can be found on Defra's website.

What is hazardous waste?

This is a type of waste that is dangerous to people, animals or the environment.

Under the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005, it's an offence to produce hazardous waste at premises, or remove that waste from premises, unless those premises are either registered with us or are exempt.

When you register your premises we give you a unique premises number called a 'premises code'. This is valid for 12 months from the date of registration.

If hazardous waste continues to be produced or removed from these premises after expiry then the premises code must be renewed. You can renew a premises code up to one month in advance of the expiry date.

Do I need to register my premises

Some premises are exempt and do not need to be registered.

Hazardous waste rules apply to agricultural waste - but we have an interim position that applies to the registration of agricultural premises where they produce hazardous waste.

Making or renewing a registration

You can register your own premises or you can get someone to do this on your behalf. You must have the producer's permission before you register them.

You can apply on-line, using a paper form, by phone, on disk or by e-mail:

• Register or renew online as a hazardous waste producer
  Registering online by credit or debit card costs £18. Please note that the following application does not work in text only view.
  
  
• Register on the phone or on paper
  If you don't want to register as a hazardous waste producer online, you can do it over the phone or on a paper form.
  
  
• Register in bulk
  How to register multiple premises as producers of hazardous waste.
  
  
• FAQs regarding premises notification

You will need to know your Standard Industrial Classification code number (SIC) before you can register premises. If you are a limited company you will also need your Companies House number.

• Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes (Excel, 1.16MB)

Checking your registration

You can check that a site is registered by searching the Public Register.