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Standard rules to use waste in a deposit for recovery operations (construction, reclamation, restoration or improvement of land other than by mobile plant).
Find out about Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments, inspections and permit reviews, and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
T15 exemption allows you to treat aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment, so the metal can be recovered.
T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
This index will help you choose an appropriate periodic monitoring technique and standard for monitoring stack emissions to air (formerly part of M2).
How to report releases and transfers from industrial activities that the Environment Agency regulates.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
Check if you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for a new closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
When to reject hazardous waste and what to do if you are the consignee, carrier, producer or holder.
How to create a CQA plan, the CQA qualification requirements you need to meet and how to create a validation report.
Guidance for inspecting engineers including the reporting of section 10 inspection findings.
These are the appropriate measures for waste pre-acceptance, acceptance and tracking at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring chemical waste. They do not apply when waste will be rece…
How to complete a Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management appraisal
Information you must submit to the Environment Agency in a noise impact assessment that uses computer modelling or spreadsheet calculations.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
How to request a longer timetable for the Environment Agency to assess if your proposal can be ‘duly made’.
Criteria for the Environment Agency to use when enforcing the Farming Rules for Water, particularly for autumn and winter applications of organic manures.
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