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T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
Exemption, notification, registering and licensing of radioactive substances and radiation generators in the UK.
This guidance outlines the rights of appeal against a decision that PackUK have made or a notice that PackUK have issued.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected household WEEE.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread biochar (waste code 19 01 18) to benefit land.
Standard rules for unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA) in construction as a deposit for recovery operation.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste wood.
For facilities with a treatment capacity of no more than 75 tonnes a day that accept no more than 35,000 tonnes a year.
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
An overview of the UK regulatory framework for all aspects of radiological and civil nuclear safety across the UK.
Guidance on setting limits and levels on discharges of gaseous and liquid radioactive waste from nuclear licensed sites in England and Wales.
This Good Practice Guide (GPG) has been developed by Jacobs on behalf of the NDA to identify and facilitate consistent application of good practice within the nuclear industry regarding the characterisation of solid radioact…
How to pay Environment Agency charges for international waste shipments (IWS) notifications.
An integrated approach for the safe interim storage of intermediate level radioactive waste packages.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on large producers stopping producer functions and the requirement to register and report data.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues (MSR) and post shredder treatment residues (PSTR) for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
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.
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