Guidance: Heat treating waste plastics for reuse: RPS 112

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to comply with the conditions in a T4 or U9 waste exemption when you undertake preparatory treatments or use waste to manufacture finished goods under those exemptions.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with this legal requirement if you meet the requirements in the RPS.

The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements.

Published 27 March 2014
Last updated 7 August 2024 +show all updates

7 August 2024
Updated the RPS to the new template, and extended the review date to 31 December 2025.
24 February 2022
Updated regulatory position statement 112 so it covers heat treatment of waste plastics for reuse (previously small scale heat treatment). Updated the conditions you must comply with. Updated when this RPS will next be reviewed.
25 November 2020
We have added the requirement that you must keep records for 2 years that show you have complied with this RPS. We have also changed references to when you can 'apply heat' to 'heat'.
9 May 2019
This regulatory position statement has been extended until 30 April 2022.
12 July 2018
RPS updated to clarify who can benefit from it, including the type of treatment that can be carried out and the quantities to which it applies. This RPS allows heat to be applied to up to 100 tonnes of suitable plastics per week as part of a treatment process.
5 December 2017
This RPS has been revised and extended until 30 April 2019.
27 March 2014
First published.

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