Guidance and Forms

Information Leaflets

• Financial Provision for Waste Management (.PDF 253Kb)

   Registration of Carriers

• Application for Registration as a Carrier of Controlled Waste (and Guidance Notes) (.PDF 176Kb)
• Application for Renewal/Cancellation of Registration as a Carrier of Controlled Waste (and Guidance Notes) (.PDF 172Kb)
• Waste Management The Duty of Care - A Code of Practice (.PDF 336Kb)

   Hazardous Waste

• Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 - 'How they affect you?' (.PDF 384Kb)

   PCBs

• Annual registration of PCB holders (.PDF 123Kb)
• Annual registration of PCB holders guidance notes (.PDF 132Kb)
• Making application charging scheme explanatory notes (.PDF 147Kb)

   Packaging Waste

• The National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) (on the Environment Agency website)

   Producers/Compliance Schemes

To apply for a producer log-in for NPWD please contact the Producer Responsibility Unit on (028) 9056 9338 or by email at packaging@doeni.gov.uk.

• How to register as a producer of packaging using the National Packaging Waste Database: Guidance Note (.PDF 67Kb)
• How to register as a producer of packaging: guidance notes (.PDF 136Kb)
• How compliance schemes should submit data templates to the National Packaging Waste Database: Guidance Note (.PDF 68Kb)
• How to submit certificates of compliance, statements of compliance, and operational plans using the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) (.PDF 64Kb)
• Guidance on Operational Plans (.PDF 118Kb)
• Acknowledged Methodologies for Packaging (PDF 123Kb)

   Reprocessors/Exporters

To apply for accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter please contact the Producer Responsibility Unit on (028) 9056 9338 or by email at packaging@doeni.gov.uk.

• How to apply for accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter of packaging waste using the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD): Guidance Note(.PDF 104Kb)
  N.B. If you are applying for accreditation for the first time please contact NIEA on above details.
• Applying for an accreditation to reprocess or export uk waste packaging - 2011 (.PDF 243Kb)
• Waste recording and the National Packaging Waste Database: Guidance Notes (.PDF 48Kb)
• Electronic PRNs and PERNs and the National Packaging Waste Database: Guidance Note (.PDF 64Kb)
• New arrangements for accredited exporters of UK packaging waste to demonstrate ‘broadly equivalent’ standards overseas (.PDF 89.32Kb)
• Packaging Broadly equivalent evidence ( PDF 50.7Kb)

   The Landfill Allowance Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004

• Guidance for Landfill Operators (.PDF 236Kb)
• Landfill Operator - Municipal Waste Data Return Form (NILAS 001) (.xls 33Kb)
• Muncipal EWC Codes (.PDF 7Kb)
• Landfill Allowances Borrowing Request Form (NILAS 002) (.PDF 25Kb)
• Landfill Allowances Transfer Request Form (NILAS 003) (.PDF 24Kb)
• Monitoring Guidance for District Councils (.PDF 228Kb)
• Penalty Guidance for District Councils and Landfill Operators (.PDF 153Kb)
• Guide to the Regulation of Outputs from the Mechanical Biological Treatment of Waste (.PDF 165Kb)

   Waste Management Licensing:

• Application for a Waste Management Licence (.PDF 340Kb)
• Application to modify a Waste Management Licence (.PDF 118Kb)
• Application to transfer a Waste Management Licence (.PDF 143Kb)
• Application to surrender a Waste Management Licence (.PDF 128Kb)
• Mobile Plant License Application Form (PDF 531Kb)
• Mobile Plant License Working Plan Guidance (PDF 145Kb)
• Guidance on technical competence (.PDF 108Kb)
• Quarterly Controlled Waste Returns Sheet (.xls 512Kb)
• Quarterly Controlled Waste Returns Sheet Guidance (.xls 946Kb)
• Policy on Relevant Convictions (.PDF 476Kb)
• Guidance on the assessment of Relevant Convictions (.PDF 520Kb)
• Application for Exemption from Waste Management Licensing
• Schedule 2 Guidance (.PDF 160Kb)
• The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (.PDF 662Kb)
• Waste Management Charging Scheme 2011 (.PDF 1.82Mb)
• Application for an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) for End of Life Vehicles (ELV) (.PDF 174Kb)
• Guidance on the assessment of applications for the surrender of waste management licenses (PDF 55Kb)

Agricultural Waste

• Agricultural Waste Exemption Application Form (.PDF 122Kb)
• Agricultural Waste Guidance (.PDF 147Kb)

Please Note: Agricultural Waste Exemptions

Individuals, companies or organisations that are operating an agricultural business, are required to register any activities that are exempt from the need to have a waste management licence.  The Department retains a record of these registrations.

If you wish to check if a farmer has an agricultural waste exemption, you can contact us at julie.conlon@doeni.gov.uk or 028 90569 360.

   Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Treatment Facilities

Application forms and associated guidance notes to be an Approved ATF or an Approved Exporter of WEEE are available below:

• Approved ATF application form (WMP5) (.PDF 271Kb)
• Approved Exporter application form (WMP6) (.PDF 253Kb)
• Guidance Notes (WMP7) (.PDF 241Kb)

Please use the templates below to submit your quarterly reports to us:

• AATF Quarterly returns template (.xls 451Kb)
• Approved Exporter Quarterly returns template (.xls 254Kb)

Guidance is also available below to assist you in completing the quarterly reports:

• AATF Quarterly returns guidance (.PDF 129Kb)
• Approved exporter Quarterly returns guidance (.PDF 113Kb)

   Quality Protocols

NIEA has published a number of quality protocols, in partnership with the Environment Agency, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) and WelshGovernment.  A quality protocol sets out how to fully recover waste and turn it into a quality product. It defines the point at which waste ceases to be waste and can be used as a product without the requirement for waste management controls.  

For further information, please visit the NIEA Quality Protocols webpage

• http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/index/about-niea/better_regulation/waste_quality_protocols.htm