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Businesses such as joiners, gardeners and farmers can burn their own untreated wood and plant waste on a bonfire, at the place it was produced.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
How to apply for environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.
How to complete waste returns and deadlines for submission.
T28 waste exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. T28 exemptions are free of charge.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Find out what waste exemptions are and when you need to register them. Understand waste exemption conditions and charges.
Definition of single-use vapes and reusable vapes, information on regulation and enforcement, and how to recycle vapes.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
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