Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to businesses on the process for achieving end of waste status for their products.

The Environment Agency has developed several different mechanisms to support businesses in determining whether products are waste or not. These include end of waste frameworks (Quality Protocols) for thirteen different waste streams, a self-assessment web tool ‘IsItWaste’, and published data on comparator non-waste materials. All support tools can be found on the ‘turn your waste into a new non-waste product or material’ page on GOV.UK. Defra has also produced guidance on the legal definition of waste, also available on GOV.UK.

Businesses seeking support on achieving end of waste status for their products can also contact their local Environment Agency office for further advice and guidance.