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This guidance is to understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2006/12/EC on waste, as it relates to permitting waste operations in England and Wales.
Low risk waste activities that the Environment Agency has agreed do not need a permit.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
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.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Guidance documents, risk methods, permits and charge sheets for local authorities carrying out pollution control.
Guidance and templates for landfill operators on the technical standards required to meet environmental protection and permit conditions.
List of exemptions for temporarily storing waste at the place where it was produced or elsewhere.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
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.
Complete if you are applying for a new permit, or to change or transfer an existing permit.
How to apply for a standard rules environmental permit from the Environment Agency.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
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