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Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues (MSR) and post shredder treatment residues (PSTR) for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
This document sets out principles and guidance for the assessment of ionising radiation doses to the public from authorised discharges.
You must complete and submit this application if you are submitting a notification under the Waste Shipments Regulation.
The Contracts for Innovation competition provides funding to trial and validate the impacts of resource efficiency solutions in the automotive, chemicals and construction sectors.
Environment Agency regulatory position on burning waste particle board off-cuts (waste code 03 01 05) as a fuel in a small appliance.
How mayoral strategic authorities can incorporate circularity into local growth plans or spatial development strategies.
How to comply with your environmental permit: technical guidance for managing clinical waste.
The requirements for packaging HHGW
This page gives an overview of Disposability Assessment, its aims and how it supports the safe management of Higher Activity Radioactive Waste (HAW) in the UK.
U6 exemption allows you to import sludge from one waste water treatment plant to another to reseed the biological process.
Exemption, notification, registering and licensing of radioactive substances and radiation generators in the UK.
Standard rules to operate a composting facility involving storage, physical treatment and composting of specified biodegradable wastes.
Standard rules for permits covering category 5 sealed radioactive sources.
Standard rules for part A installation: capacity more than 75 tonnes per day.
Standard rules for using waste to manufacture timber or construction products.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using non-waste absorbents to solidify saturated soils and slurry wastes produced during construction and excavation works.
How to comply with your standard rules environmental permit for the keeping and use of Category 5 sealed radioactive sources.
This document covers the use of geomembranes in landfill engineering and was originally developed with the British Geomembrane Association.
Guidance to applicants on how the Environment Agency will consider air quality impact assessments from group 3 metals stack emissions from municipal waste incinerators and waste wood co-incinerators.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and compacting waste coffee grounds to make a briquette.
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