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Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Sets out changes in terminology in definitions relating to waste reporting obligations.
A review of human health and environmental risks associated with the land application of mechanical-biological treatment outputs
The requirements for packaging HHGW
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.
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is a joint trading name of both LLW Repository Limited (LLWR) and Radioactive Waste Management Limited (RWM). NWS is a division of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) which includes RWM and LLWR. NWS is not a...
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).
Environment Agency survey of informed stakeholders suggests 18% of all waste in England may be illegally managed
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) ensures that human tissue is used safely and ethically, and with proper consent. It regulates organisations that remove, store and use tissue for research, medical treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching and display in public. It approves...
The requirements for packaging LHGW
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 Waste Metric Dashboard summarises progress on the diversion of waste away from disposal to the LLW Repository and on the environmental performance of the National Waste Programme.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
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