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Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
Find out when large and small producers must register for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and report data.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
Check if you operate a materials facility. Understand your sampling, measuring, recording and reporting requirements.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for tyre pyrolysis oil produced from the pyrolysis of waste tyres.
Large producers can check packaging that is commonly collected or has limited collection at kerbside by UK local authorities.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for compost produced from source-segregated biodegradable waste.
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