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Sources of radioactivity in the environment and how levels of radioactivity are monitored and assessed.
The U3 exemption allows groups such as schools, colleges and theatres to use waste, such as offcuts of wood, for creative installations.
Find out when chapters 2 and 4 of the directive apply to a waste incinerator, co-incinerator or small waste incineration plant.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Technical guidance for monitoring landfill leachate, groundwater and surface water at permitted landfill sites.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
For operators storing and repackaging healthcare waste, photographic and chemical wastes from healthcare premises and similar municipal wastes at a named location.
Standard rules to operate inert and excavation waste transfer station with treatment 250kte.
For operators of a small metal recycling facility accepting no more than 5,000 tonnes of waste each year with no more than 100 tonnes on site at any one time.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat end-of-life tyres for the purpose of waste recovery.
This position explains what we mean by “place” under the waste exemption system for farms, the storage of sewage sludge and linear networks.
The D4 exemption allows you to deposit diseased crops where they were grown when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
The T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
How to apply to the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) if you want to submit a nuclear power plant design.
Guidance on sampling methods and methodologies for materials facility operators, including information about sampling areas, equipment, schedules and compliance
MCERTS: competency standard for MCERTS inspectors and assistant inspectors - effluent flow monitoring
This document contains the performance standards and test procedures for flowmeters used for the monitoring of raw water abstraction, treated wastewater discharges from industrial processes, ultraviolet disinfection processe…
End of waste criteria for the production and use of quality outputs from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
Standard rules to operate mobile plant for landspreading of sewage sludge and deployment form.
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