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Understand what drinks businesses need to do under the Deposit Return Scheme from 1 October 2027.
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).
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) must collect and submit packaging data.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Local authorities can find out how and when they’ll start to receive funding to manage packaging waste, including actions chief executives need to take.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
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.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
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.
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