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Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
You must: keep waste to a minimum by doing everything you reasonably can…
You must store waste safely and securely. To do this: store waste in a…
For each load of non-hazardous waste you move off your premises, you need…
Contact the organisation in your region if you have any questions about…
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
The T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Call for evidence requesting views, data and evidence on how we can achieve the near elimination of biodegradable waste disposal in landfills from 2028.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
This strategy sets out how we will preserve material resources by minimising waste, promoting resource efficiency and moving towards a circular economy in England.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
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