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The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
How to comply with your environmental permit: technical guidance for operators.
This guidance covers the monitoring of emissions from spark ignition engines.
Guidance on assessing methane emissions from the surface of permitted landfill sites.
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…
Poster and online artwork for retailers.
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
Standard rules to operate compression and spark ignition engines.
Standard rules to store and treat dredgings for recovery.
For facilities with a treatment capacity of no more than 75 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 500 tonnes on site at any time.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage of BSI PAS 100 compliant compost and PAS 110 compliant digestate at the site of production before dispatch to the customer.
This page provides introductory information on Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW) packages.
We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
Who, what, why and where
The UK’s policy on the import and export of radioactive waste and spent fuel has not changed, but there are some changes to the processes that operators need to follow.
Putting geological disposal into context
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2025.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
How to manage soil health to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement for your landspreading mobile plant deployment.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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