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Standard rules to allow storage of wastes to be used in land treatment.
Standard rules SR2015 No 18: metal recycling, vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling facility.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of manufactured topsoil made from waste.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste institutional mattresses containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
How the Environment Agency regulates the different types of nuclear sites and protects people and the environment.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
For facilities with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes on site each year.
Learn more about the history, science and policy behind GDF
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use asphalt waste without an environmental permit.
Guidance on the application of the regulations and the administrative procedures that will be used by government in reaching justification decisions.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA) in construction.
Environment Agency's regulation of Hinkley Point, about EDF’s appeal, how you can find out about environmental permits and other activities at Hinkley Point.
T15 exemption allows you to treat aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment, so the metal can be recovered.
T32 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter.
The Contracts for Innovation competition provides funding to trial and validate the impacts of resource efficiency solutions in the automotive, chemicals and construction sectors.
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