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How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
How to choose the right waste exemptions for your business, comply with exemption conditions, and know if you need to register.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) must collect and submit packaging data.
How to complete waste or materials facility returns, and deadlines for submission.
The U8 exemption allows you to use waste materials (that do not need treating) for a specific purpose to reduce the use of virgin or non-waste materials.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
The T28 exemption allows pharmacies and similar places to denature controlled drugs to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
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This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
Find out how to prepare written assessments to collect paper and card with other dry recyclables. Assessments will be required from March 2025 or March 2026, depending where you collect from.
If you put EEE on the UK market you must follow rules on both the EEE you sell and the EEE that becomes waste (WEEE).
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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