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Guidance: Low risk waste positions: animals and animal waste

Environment Agency

June 26
09:14 2024

If the Environment Agency provides a low risk waste position (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.

Published 20 August 2019
Last updated 26 June 2024 +show all updates
  1. Removed 'Storing pet cremation ash at a veterinary practice before the owner collects it: LRWP 34' as the pet cremation ash is not considered to be waste as it has not been discarded.

  2. Added 'Scattering or burying ash at a pet cemetery: LRWP 89'.

  3. We have made a minor change to LRWP 39, to clarify that, subject to Animal and Plant Health Agency approval, both domestic dead pets (which are excluded from the Waste Framework Directive) and dead wild animals (which are controlled wastes) can be stored together under LRWP 39 pending disposal. We have changed the wording of the LRWP from referring to dead wild animals only, to dead animals. We have also added a condition to require registration of the storage facility with the Animal and Plant Health Agency under the Animal By-Products Regulations.

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