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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.
A national anti-littering campaign to make littering culturally unacceptable in a generation.
Setting out the progress being made on the GovTech waste tracking challenge, to build the UK's first comprehensive digital waste tracking system.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
We have more than 10 years’ experience of successfully working with our customers to develop solutions across the radioactive waste lifecycle and provide access to the full range of treatment, logistics, and disposal techniques and technology in the UK, Europe,...
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Apps offering waste disposal services are a new and emerging risk - make sure you know your duty of care obligations.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
NDA's waste management strategy aims to protect people and the environment.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
Nuclear waste reaches the end of the line, making it safer, sooner.
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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