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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.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
Waste codes for common healthcare and related wastes.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
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.
Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
Environment Agency’s progress on revising the waste quality protocols.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can treat and dispose of invasive non-native plant material without an environmental permit.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
When you must report the amount of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) you place on the market and how to do it.
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