{"id":19009,"date":"2024-09-10T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/?p=19009"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:46:06","slug":"new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"New separation of waste legislation in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"strate alignfull\" style=\"background-position: 50% 50%\">\n<div class=\"centrage\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>As of 30 June 2024, the Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement for commercial and households to separate their recyclables from other waste. The purpose of this Regulation is to increase recycling rates and to reduce contamination.\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Definitions<br \/>The legislation is both applicable to household and commercial waste. Household waste is waste from a domestic property and is referred to in the legislation as \u2018household waste\u2019. Commercial waste is waste arising from a premises used as a trade or business and is referred to in this legislation as \u2018recyclable relevant waste\u2019 as described in section 45AZB of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 .<\/p>\n<p>Key requirements<br \/>As of 30 June 2024, businesses and households have a legal duty to separate waste into categories. Previously, this was recommended under The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 however, it has now become a mandatory requirement under The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Waste must be separated into the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>Recyclables<br \/>Paper &amp; cardboard<br \/>Glass<br \/>Metals<br \/>Plastics<br \/>Organic Waste<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/businesses-are-required-to-segregate-food-waste-from-1-july-2024\/\">Food waste<\/a><br \/>General Waste<\/p>\n<p>Non-recyclable waste.<br \/>If required a contracting service should be established to ensure licensed waste carries collect and dispose of separated waste. Non-compliance of the regulations may result in fines or penalties.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<span class=\"separator separator--center separator--gradient separator--md\"><\/span>\n\n\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-color-5-color\"><strong>EHS regulatory compliance and monitoring \u2013 an expert solution to ensure your organization\u2019s compliance <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay ahead of evolving HSE requirements across 300+ jurisdictions, with daily updates curated by our in-house legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bttn-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/solutions\/regulatory-compliance-and-monitoring\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"bttn  bttn--md\"><span class=\"bttn__cont-label-icon\"><span class=\"bttn__label\">Discover Red-on-line\u2019s regulatory compliance and monitoring solution.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of 30 June 2024, the Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":19028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[678],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New separation of waste legislation in England<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Separation of Waste Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement for commercial and households to separate their recyclables from other waste.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New separation of waste legislation in England\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Separation of Waste Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement for commercial and households to separate their recyclables from other waste.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Red On line (COM)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T07:59:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T13:46:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Waste-management-England-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"itrabelsi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/\",\"name\":\"Red On line (COM)\",\"description\":\"Un site utilisant Les sites de Red On Line\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Waste-management-England-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Waste-management-England-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/\",\"name\":\"New separation of waste legislation in England\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-10T07:59:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-21T13:46:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a85a65534390814deb3702c36e92eebc\"},\"description\":\"The Separation of Waste Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement for commercial and households to separate their recyclables from other waste.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New separation of waste legislation in England\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a85a65534390814deb3702c36e92eebc\",\"name\":\"itrabelsi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a393e7b95966063b0890e784e7050576?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a393e7b95966063b0890e784e7050576?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"itrabelsi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/author\/itrabelsi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New separation of waste legislation in England","description":"The Separation of Waste Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement for commercial and households to separate their recyclables from other waste.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"New separation of waste legislation in England","og_description":"The Separation of Waste Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement for commercial and households to separate their recyclables from other waste.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/","og_site_name":"Red On line (COM)","article_published_time":"2024-09-10T07:59:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-21T13:46:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1706,"url":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Waste-management-England-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"itrabelsi","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/","name":"Red On line (COM)","description":"Un site utilisant Les sites de Red On Line","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Waste-management-England-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Waste-management-England-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1706},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/","name":"New separation of waste legislation in England","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2024-09-10T07:59:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-21T13:46:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a85a65534390814deb3702c36e92eebc"},"description":"The Separation of Waste Regulations 2024 came into force which placed a mandatory requirement for commercial and households to separate their recyclables from other waste.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/new-separation-of-waste-legislation-in-england\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New separation of waste legislation in England"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a85a65534390814deb3702c36e92eebc","name":"itrabelsi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a393e7b95966063b0890e784e7050576?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a393e7b95966063b0890e784e7050576?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"itrabelsi"},"url":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/author\/itrabelsi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19009"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21163,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19009\/revisions\/21163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}