These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location.

Using hand-held equipment only, these rules permit the following activities for ferrous metals or alloys and non-ferrous metals for recovery:

• sorting
• separation
• grading
• shearing
• baling
• compacting
• granulating of cables
• cutting

The total quantity of waste that can be accepted at a site under these rules must be less than 25,000 tonnes a year.

The rules will not permit the burning of any waste, either in the open, inside buildings or in any form of incinerator.

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location, provided that the permitted activities are not carried out within 200 metres of a:

• European Site
• Ramsar site
• Site of Special Scientific Interest

The activities must not be carried out within:

• Groundwater Source Protection Zone 1
• 50m of any well, spring or borehole used for the supply of water for human consumption, including private water supplies

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location, provided that the permitted activities are not carried out within:

• 500 metres of a European Site, Ramsar site or Site of Special Scientific Interest
• 50m of any well, spring or borehole used for the supply of water for human consumption, including private water supplies

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling site and a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location.

These rules will permit the sorting, separation, grading, shearing, baling, compacting, granulating of cables and cutting using hand-held equipment only, of ferrous metals or alloys and non-ferrous metals for recovery as well as the recovery (including storage) of all waste motor vehicles.

The total quantity of waste that can be accepted at a site under these rules must be less than:

• 25,000 tonnes a year of waste metal
• 5,000 tonnes a year of waste motor vehicles

The rules will not permit the burning of any wastes, either in the open, inside buildings or in any form of incinerator.

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.

These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) authorised treatment facility at a specified location.

The total quantity of waste that can be accepted at a site under these rules must be less than 75,000 tonnes a year. The rules will not permit the treatment of WEEE containing ozone-depleting substances but it can be accepted for storage only.

You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.

Apply for a standard rules environmental permit.