Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
This guidance is for waste activities and waste mobile plant at your site.
If you carry out waste disposal or recovery activities you should check whether your activity is a listed activity.
Listed activities are explained in our guidance on PPC permits.
PPC permits for recycling and reprocessing businesses
If your waste disposal or recovery activities are not listed activities then they may be a waste management activity.
Waste management activities include:
If you carry out waste management activities you must have a waste management licence from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) or SEPA in Scotland.
To find out how to apply for a permit or licence see our guidance on environmental permits and waste management licensing.
How do you apply for a waste management licence
NIEA: Waste management licensing
SEPA: Waste management licensing
Waste mobile plants are used for waste management activities.
Waste mobile plant include mobile plant for:
If you operate a waste mobile plant, you must have a waste management licence from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency or SEPA in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
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