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Guidance for the aviation sector on how to separate recyclable waste from international catering waste (ICW).
How to comply with your licence, including how to measure, record and report on the water you abstract.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat hazardous waste cable without the correct waste codes on your permit or exemption.
Technical guidance for monitoring landfill leachate, groundwater and surface water at permitted landfill sites.
How we will use and manage your personal data if you're a software provider.
How mayoral strategic authorities can incorporate circularity into local growth plans or spatial development strategies.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of manufactured topsoil made from waste.
For a facility with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues (MSR) and post shredder treatment residues (PSTR) for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
How to pay Environment Agency charges for international waste shipments (IWS) notifications.
U6 exemption allows you to import sludge from one waste water treatment plant to another to reseed the biological process.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) authorised treatment facility at a specified location.
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day and accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes per year.
Applications and decisions made under Regulations 9, 10 and 12 of the Justification of Practices involving Ionising Radiation Regulations (JoPIIRR) 2004.
This document sets out what you must do if you want to get accreditation from us to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks.
T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
What businesses need to do to import ‘relevant’ nuclear materials into the UK.
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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