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The D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
The Waste Operations division of Nuclear Waste Services manages the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria and ensures that lower activity waste is managed effectively across the UK.
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.
The U11 exemption allows you to spread waste on non-agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Process efficiency related appropriate measures for biological waste treatment.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
The T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
Appropriate measures for waste treatment.
How to comply with regulations for energy recovery and advanced conversion technologies.
The U8 exemption allows you to use waste materials (that do not need treating) for a specific purpose to reduce the use of virgin or non-waste materials.
The U2 exemption allows you to use a small number of end-of-life tyre bales in construction.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
This strategy sets out how we will preserve material resources by minimising waste, promoting resource efficiency and moving towards a circular economy in England.
The cross-departmental plan to maximise resources and minimise waste in England.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
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