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Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn or incinerate waste following an animal disease outbreak or infection identified by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
View the permit issued for Silverwoods Waste Management, Accrington under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
T19 exemption allows small-scale physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oils and fat to produce fuel.
T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
What operators need to do in terms of submitting plans for radioactive waste disposal following our exit from Euratom and requirements under Article 37.
Getting to know the geology in your area
The requirements for packaging LHGW
Exemption, notification, registering and licensing of radioactive substances and radiation generators in the UK.
Working in partnership to shape future plans and benefits
The requirements for packaging HHGW
Guidance for packaging producers on 2025 recyclability assessments and implications for 2026-2027 modulated fees.
Details on when waste rules apply to your material, import and export implications and the UK environmental regulators.
How to comply with your standard rules environmental permit for the keeping and use of Category 5 sealed radioactive sources.
Guidance on the performance standards for automatic isokinetic samplers used in the measurement of emissions from industrial chimney stacks, flues and ducts.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you do not need to monitor emissions from permitted medium combustion plant that are used for back-up generation.
How beaches near Sellafield are monitored, the monitoring results and how risks to the public are minimised.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and dismantling of small boats and barges.
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