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What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Understand which wipes will be banned, when plastic wet wipes can still be sold, and how the ban will be enforced.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
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.
Find out when large and small producers must register for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and report data.
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.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for tyre pyrolysis oil produced from the pyrolysis of waste tyres.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
When you must report the amount of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) you place on the market and how to do it.
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.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for compost produced from source-segregated biodegradable waste.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
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