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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.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling…
The tables below list waste codes for common construction and demolition…
The tables below list waste codes for common packaging and domestic type…
These tables list common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and…
The tables below list waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle…
The tables below list waste codes for common healthcare and related…
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
The T29 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings before disposing of them to land.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
The T16 exemption allows you to treat waste toner or ink cartridges by sorting, cleaning, dismantling or refilling them.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Information and advice on cleaning sex-on-premises venues.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering environmental issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
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