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What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Provides further information in support of the implementation of waste planning policy.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
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Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
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.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
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.
These are waste treatment appropriate measures for a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
The T29 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings before disposing of them to land.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
List of exemptions for treating waste, for example sorting or processing it in certain ways. You must comply with the specific rules of each exemption.
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Your responsibilities, hazardous waste and report an environmental incident
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