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How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
Increase flood resilience with Natural Flood Management
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for compost produced from source-segregated biodegradable waste.
BAT for diesel engines on an installation that are classed as new medium combustion plant, operating up to 500 hours a year that are exempt from emission limit values (ELVs).
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
This manual is a guide for industry sector associations and operators of a climate change agreement (CCA).
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
You can report serious concerns about your employer to us, if you suspect wrongdoing in an area we regulate.
Use this guide to understand when your waste water discharge is classed as domestic sewage.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
Handbook and software to help assess the risks of contaminated land exposure for human health.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
These are appropriate measures for waste storage at a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
North West and Border Esk byelaws are statutory rules (regulated by law) and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
End of waste criteria for the production and use of aggregates from inert waste.
As a risk management authority (RMA) use appraisal guidance and supporting information when preparing a proposal, strategy or business case.
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