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How to comply with regulations for energy recovery and advanced conversion technologies.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
Updated approach to managing nuclear waste for quicker, safe decommissioning.
This strategy sets out how we will preserve material resources by minimising waste, promoting resource efficiency and moving towards a circular economy in England.
How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
The cross-departmental plan to maximise resources and minimise waste in England.
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
Up to £295m in capital funding for local authorities to roll out weekly food waste collections
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
List of exemptions for using waste, for example as building material, fuel or fertiliser. You must comply with the specific rules of each exemption.
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
The T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Wide-ranging projects across seven key sectors of the economy to boost better design and reuse of resources whilst creating jobs and growing the economy
Environment Agency survey of informed stakeholders suggests 18% of all waste in England may be illegally managed
The U8 exemption allows you to use waste materials (that do not need treating) for a specific purpose to reduce the use of virgin or non-waste materials.
This series brings together all documents relating to Waste and recycling statistics.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
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