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Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
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
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When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
This series brings together all documents relating to Waste and recycling statistics.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Information for consumers.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
Provides further information in support of the implementation of waste planning policy.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
Find out if your council collects recycling, how to recycle household waste such as mobile phones, computers, packaging and green waste
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Guidance for designated collection facilities (DCF) and charities on how to comply with WEEE and waste regulations.
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.
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