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Restrictions on burning crop residues, and the rules you must follow when you burn to protect the environment and avoid causing nuisance.
The U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
The D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
When you can exceed the burning and storage limits in waste exemption D7 to burn trees and plants affected by disease or pests in the open.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
The D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
The U14 exemption allows you to mix ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from the burnt crops and vegetation.
How to get your site approved, the category your site falls into, the type of incinerator you need and how it must be maintained.
Find out about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK.
When you can burn waste wood, particle board, straw, manure and poultry litter in the open after an animal disease outbreak.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
A guide to the major publications related to excess deaths in the UK, who produces them and links to the methods and analysis.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
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