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The T1 waste exemption allows you to treat waste packaging so it can be reused in its original form or becomes clean waste suitable for recycling.
Information and advice on cleaning sex-on-premises venues.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
How to comply with regulations for energy recovery and advanced conversion technologies.
How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.
Environment Agency enforcement position on using non-waste absorbents to solidify saturated soils and slurry wastes produced during utility works repairing water infrastructure mains and connections.
Environment Agency regulatory position on cleaning and sterilising waste medical instruments containing metal to allow the waste metal to be recovered elsewhere.
How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Your local council is responsible for sweeping streets and removing litter - report any problems to your local council
How councils should deal with litter, refuse and dog mess, and the penalties they can give.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
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.
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