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Check if an item of WEEE or a component removed from WEEE is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
U5 exemption allows you to store and use biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.
U6 exemption allows you to import sludge from one waste water treatment plant to another to reseed the biological process.
U7 exemption allows you to use effluent from water and waste water treatment plants to clean highway gravel beds where high-quality water is not needed.
This page provides introductory information on waste packages for the geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste in the UK.
Handbook and software to help assess the risks of radioactively contaminated land exposure for human health.
Guidance on the regulation of non-nuclear radioactive substances activities under Environmental Permitting Regulation 2010.
Principles of optimisation in the management and disposal of radioactive waste from radioactive substances activities.
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected household WEEE.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can use a backup flare to burn biogas at exempt anaerobic digestion plants.
Standard rules for the storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery at a specified location.
For a Part A installation with a biological treatment capacity exceeding 100 tonnes each day, accepting no more than 500,000 tonnes a year.
Standard rules to operate metal recycling site.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing lead acid vehicle batteries, cable and gas cylinders at HWRCs when the correct waste codes are not in your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using non-waste absorbents to solidify saturated soils and slurry wastes produced during construction and excavation works.
Environment Agency regulatory position on emergency services and armed forces using end of life vehicles (ELVs) and other wastes for training exercises, teaching and public awareness displays.
Guidance to developers of geological disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
A methodology for testing protector geotextiles for their performance in specific site conditions.
This describes the performance standards, test procedures and general requirements for manufacturers and developers of environmental data acquisition and handling systems.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can import UK origin naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) waste without a waste shipment consent.
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