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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.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).
Includes collecting large waste items, garden waste and reporting problems
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
Robert Surtees will pay fines and costs totalling almost £10,000 after failing to provide information about where 25,000 tonnes of waste was taken.
From today, households no longer have to pay to get rid of DIY waste at council recycling centres
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
The Waste Metric Dashboard summarises progress on the diversion of waste away from disposal to the LLW Repository and on the environmental performance of the National Waste Programme.
New approach puts an end to confusing recycling and excessive bins
A director and his Manchester-based company have been hit with substantial fines following a significant breach of environmental regulations.
Frameworks which explain how to achieve end of waste status for certain waste derived materials.
The T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
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