Environment Agency
If the Environment Agency provides a LRWP for an activity, you can carry it out without an environmental permit for a waste operation provided that you meet all the conditions.
The Environment Agency may review its LRWPs. It may decide the activity is no longer suitable for a LRWP or that the conditions need changing. You must regularly check that the LRWP you are benefiting from is still in place.
LRWPs for tyres, rubber and plastic that have been withdrawn
The following LRWPs have been replaced by the regulatory position statement Using whole waste tyres: RPS 301:
- Using waste tyres for fendering systems at quaysides: LRWP 53
- Using waste tyres for planters: LRWP 56
- Using waste tyres in escape ladders in water storage reservoirs: LRWP 77
- Using whole waste tyres in construction: LRWP 79
Storing and cutting waste rubber conveyor belts for reuse: RPS 305 replaced Storing and cutting waste rubber conveyor belts for reuse: LRWP 2.
Storing and treating artificial turf: RPS 279 replaced Storing and treating redundant athletics tracks, rubber shock pads and waste AstroTurf for reuse: LRWP 35.
If you operated under a LRWP that has been replaced by an RPS, you must check if you can follow the RPS instead.
We have withdrawn Storing and treating rubber encased metal wire from the manufacture of new tyres for recovery: LWRP 18 as we have no information to suggest it is needed.