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Standard rules to operate storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery.
Standard rules to allow the operator to undertake mining waste operations on the site of a mine or quarry.
Standard rules for the use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land (up to 50kte).
Standard rules to operate metal recycling sites.
Standard rules for the accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste from the NORM industrial activity of oil and gas production.
Standard rules SR2015 No 10: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment and asbestos storage.
Standard rules SR2015 No 5: household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station (no building)
Standard rules and generic risk assessment for the unintentional receipt of radioactive materials and radioactive waste by the operator of any facility which uses a radiation detection system.
For a facility with a treatment capacity less than 75 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing waste from empty properties cleared by local authorities or housing associations.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can store fly-tipped waste, waste from trash screens and public litter bins without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency enforcement position on the temporary storage of recyclable waste at collection points by or for charities.
Radioactive substances regulation guidance on the management of the generation and disposal of radioactive waste during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste coded 16 03 06 when this code is not listed in your permit or waste exemption.
What to include when submitting proposals for a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) PCS Balancing System (PBS) and how they will be assessed.
View the permit issued for Poplars Landfill Site and Anaerobic Digestion Facility, Cannock under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Eastern England region
Regional information from our screening work, and its relevance to the siting of a GDF
We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
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