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We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Dstl’s incinerator facility near Salisbury provides a specialist disposal solution for hazardous or high security waste materials.
Government will make it easier for people and businesses to reuse and recycle their old electrical goods
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
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.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Richmond perfume firm in fees fault – but Surrey wildlife the winner.
The Waste Operations division of Nuclear Waste Services manages the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria and ensures that lower activity waste is managed effectively across the UK.
Our mission is to deliver a geological disposal facility and provide radioactive waste management solutions. We are engaging with communities to inform our work.
Reports about the regulatory scrutiny of Nuclear Waste Services' work on the geological disposal of radioactive waste.
The D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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