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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.
The U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
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.
List of exemptions for using waste, for example as building material, fuel or fertiliser. You must comply with the specific rules of each exemption.
This brief examines a low-carbon waste management infrastructure - a waste to energy landfill - in Monterrey, Mexico
Robert Surtees will pay fines and costs totalling almost £10,000 after failing to provide information about where 25,000 tonnes of waste was taken.
The D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
Figures compiled on the total waste generated for the whole of the UK.
This document sets out the government's detailed waste planning policies.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
Check if an item of WEEE or a component removed from WEEE is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
List of exemptions for disposing of waste, for example depositing or burning it in certain ways. You must comply with the specific rules of each exemption.
Information for consumers.
The reports provide a snapshot of the progress being made within the National Waste Programme community to achieve the strategic objectives of the programme.
List of exemptions for temporarily storing waste at the place where it was produced or elsewhere.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
An assessment of the external costs and benefits to health and the environment of waste management options valued in monetary terms.
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