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Types of waste and maximum amounts you can use for spreading as mulch to benefit land around trees, bushes or plants, under U12 waste exemption.
Guidance explaining the use of soil guideline values (SGV) to asses the long-term exposure of chemicals in soil on human health.
Guidance for designated collection facilities (DCF) and charities on how to comply with waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and waste regulations.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
Updated technical guidance for risk management authorities (RMAs) and project teams on how to appraise your FCERM project.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
S3 waste exemption lets you store sewage sludge at a site where it will be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.
Unofficial list of waste description codes listed in annexes to the Waste Shipments Regulation.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
The environmental permitting requirements for landfills for inert waste and how to comply with your permit.
Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.
These are appropriate measures for emissions control for a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants and associated soil and materials.
How to import, export, or manufacture pre-charged equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Great Britain.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
Standard rules to operate a mobile plant for the treatment of soils and contaminated material, substances or products.
Check if you're affected by the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM). See what actions you must take each scheme year.
How to develop a management system for carrying out flood risk activities under an environmental permit.
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