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How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Up to £295m in capital funding for local authorities to roll out weekly food waste collections
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
The T13 exemption allows you to recover waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
The T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
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
Dstl’s incinerator facility near Salisbury provides a specialist disposal solution for hazardous or high security waste materials.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
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.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can treat food waste at the premises where the food was served and consumed without an environmental permit.
You must consider this guidance if you deal with surplus or waste food and drink.
Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
The T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
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