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How the Environment Agency defines the terms 'biodegradable' and 'sewage sludge'.
We're seeking evidence to help us develop standards for biodegradable, compostable and bio-based plastics, and an understanding of their environmental impacts.
Find out how you can use natural options to reduce flooding in your area, who to contact for advice, and if you can get funding.
Managing radioactive waste with geological disposal
The T32 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter.
Guidance on the handling of slurry and manure to help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
How to apply for a grant for habitat creation using blended public and private funding.
RIDA funds research and development in new technologies, and new approaches to existing technologies, that support Sustainable Development Goals in south-east Asia.
The end of waste criteria for the production and use of quality compost from source-segregated biodegradable waste.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
End of waste criteria for the production and use of quality outputs from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
The T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Veteran-run, green tech start-up has developed innovative technology to recycle the materials in body armour with the help of DASA funding
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of industrial hydrogen production from methane or refinery fuel gas with carbon capture for storage.
The T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
Batches of Legency Remedies Pvt Ltd irrigation, inhalation and eye wash saline products manufactured between April and November 2023 are being recalled due to potential microbiological contamination.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
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