The Environment Agency and Local Authorities across England
have various roles and responsibilities regarding the regulation, compliance,
and enforcement of different waste regulations. In certain waste sectors
and regimes these responsibilities overlap or involve the same sites. This
presentation will provide guidance and clarity on the different roles and
responsibilities of each organisation, with regards to the waste regulations
various types of waste activities and sites. This will specifically explain the
licensing and permitting of the various waste sites and who has the
responsibility of the regulation and compliance of them. It will also provide
clarity on roles and responsibility for the investigation and enforcement of
the various illegal waste activities or waste crime.
