Environmental Regulation (Scotland) Charging Scheme 2018

The charging scheme fees for 2023/2024 are available now. To account for inflationary cost pressures the charges have been increased between 7% and 12.64%(RPI) for 2023/2024. Please note that the values within the legal scheme document refer to the 2018-2019 fees.

Guidance: this document helps to explain how the scheme works. We are continually improving our guidance in response to customer feedback and Version 5 was published on 1 September 2022. 

The following links take you to the legal scheme documents:

Environmental Regulation (Scotland) Charging Scheme 2018.

The Environmental Regulations (Scotland) Charging Scheme Amendment 2018

Second amendment of The Environmental Regulations (Scotland) Charging Scheme

Third amendment of The Environmental Regulations (Scotland) Charging Scheme

The Environmental Regulation (Scotland) Charging Scheme Amendment (no1) 2022

The Environmental Regulation (Scotland) Charging Scheme Amendment (no.2) 2022

The following links take you to the guidance, environmental scores and answers some frequently asked questions:

Environmental Assessment Scheme: provides guidance on calculating environmental scores which are used to calculate part of the charge for the largest authorisations.

Table of environmental scores: a listing for all authorisations with an environmental component charge (unless they have been amended after the scheme was issued).

FAQs – answers for the common asked questions.

Charging Scheme Fees

• Current year        2023/2024 Fees
• Previous years    2022/2023 Fees       2021/2022 Fees       2020/2021 Fees       2019/2020 Fees       2018/2019 Fees

Information about development of the new scheme is available on our Charging Scheme Development web page.

Other current charging schemes

The following schemes have also been increased by between 7% & 12.64% (RPI).

• The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Fees and Charges (Scotland) Scheme Amendments 2021
• The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Fees and Charges (Scotland) Scheme 2020
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Scotland) Scheme 2019
• The Reservoirs (Scotland) Charging Scheme 2018

The following schemes fees have been held at the same level since 2015-2016.

• Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances) (Scotland) Scheme 2015
• Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Fees and Charges (Scotland) Scheme 2015
• Waste Batteries and Accumulators Fees and Charges (Scotland) Scheme 2015

Previous charging schemes

The following legal schemes were replaced on/or after 1 April 2018 by our current schemes. The revised fees for 2017-2018. The following document shows the revised charges for the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Fees and Charges for 2017-2018 

• Environmental Regulation (Scotland) Charging Scheme 2016
• CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Charging Scheme and Guidance
• The Reservoirs (Scotland) Charging Scheme 2016-2018
• The Reservoirs (Scotland) Charging Scheme 2016-2018 - Guidance
• Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Fees and Charges (Scotland) Scheme 2015:
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Scotland) Scheme 2015
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Fees and Charges (Scotland) Scheme 2015

If you are having difficulty accessing any of the links on this page, please contact charging@sepa.org.uk.