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What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
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 work out the balancing charge when you dispose or sell plant or machinery after claiming full expensing or 50% first year allowances for them.
How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
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 safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Provides further information in support of the implementation of waste planning policy.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Managing radioactive waste with geological disposal
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering environmental issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK
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