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How beaches near Sellafield are monitored, the monitoring results and how risks to the public are minimised.
Advice on how to classify and code wastes from some of the methods used to treat hazardous waste.
This report concludes that a well-run active site should not pose a health risk, but could still have an impact on mental and physical health.
The purpose of this document is to provide a methodology for qualitative risk assessment (QLRA) of land contamination.
When aggregate made from steel slag is no longer waste.
This page provides introductory information on Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW) packages.
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected household WEEE.
View the permit issued for Poplars Landfill Site and Anaerobic Digestion Facility, Cannock under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
This page describes the purpose of package assurance when managing higher activity radioactive waste.
The LLWR Socio-economic Fund provides support to local initiatives/groups within a 30-mile radius of the Repository Site.
U15 exemption allows you to mix ash from burning pig or poultry with slurry or manure, and spread it on farmland to provide the soil with nutrients.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the recovery of silver from waste photographic and X-ray developer and fixer solutions.
Guidance on the regulation of non-nuclear radioactive substances activities under Environmental Permitting Regulation 2010.
Guidance for local authorities on visual inspection and limited surveys for radioactive contaminated land.
This guidance outlines the eligibility criteria and addresses some of the questions you may have about Nuclear Waste Services' Property Value Protection (PVP) scheme.
How to comply with your EPR RSR environmental permit open sources radioactive waste non-nuclear premises.
Explains your permit conditions so you know how to comply with the conditions.
Guidance for packaging producers on 2025 recyclability assessments and implications for 2026-2027 modulated fees.
Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for the chemical treatment of timber.
Poster and online artwork for retailers.
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