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How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Who this guidance is for, assessing appropriate measures for your site, the measures that apply to different types of facilities and implementing measures at new and existing facilities.
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
Guidance on how to do detailed air quality modelling for specified generators.
As a risk management authority (RMA) you may be eligible for grant-in-aid (GIA) funding for your FCERM project.
These are the appropriate measures for waste pre-acceptance, acceptance and tracking at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring healthcare waste.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
How to calculate your financial provision, what it needs to cover and how to agree it with the Environment Agency.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
If you are required to apply for registration as a reprocessor or exporter of packaging waste under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, and to apply for optional accreditation, you must submit a sampling an…
When fishery owners and suppliers of live fish must get a fish health check. How to arrange the check and how to report the results.
How to comply with emission limit values (ELVs) for hydrogen combustion plant greater than 1 megawatt thermal input (MWth).
When you may need to fit an eel pass or screen to a water structure and what to submit if applying for a new licence or environmental permit.
What you must do if you are a wholesaler or reseller selling fluorinated gas (F gas) in cylinders or equipment.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
How to approach sampling ambient air and the sampling and analytical techniques to use.
These are emissions limits and appropriate measures for monitoring emissions to air and water for a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
Standard rules for temporary dewatering affecting up to 20 metres of a main river.
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion treatment capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
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