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Environment Agency regulatory position on using heat to soften waste plastic as part of the waste treatment process carried out under a T4 or U9 waste exemption.
For facilities with a treatment capacity of no more than 75 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 500 tonnes on site at any time.
For operators of a Part A installation with a treatment capacity of more than 75 tonnes each day and no more than 75,000 tonnes each year.
Standard rules for the accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste from the NORM industrial activity of oil and gas production.
Standard rules for the storage and use of up to 100ktd of waste for construction (existing permits only).
For operators storing and repackaging healthcare waste, photographic and chemical wastes from healthcare premises and similar municipal wastes at a named location.
This business engagement assessment describes the financial impact on businesses as a result of the steel slag quality protocol.
Find out when chapters 2 and 4 of the directive apply to a waste incinerator, co-incinerator or small waste incineration plant.
This privacy notice explains how we collect and manage your personal data when you use the Report receipt of waste service.
Environment Agency regulatory position on drying paper manufacturing wastes to make animal bedding.
Guidance on managing flood risk to help non-nuclear users keep and use radioactive substances safely.
Environment Agency regulatory position on producer responsibility obligations relating to fibre-based composite (FBC) and paper and board packaging materials for 2025.
Local authority regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for waste wood combustion.
Environment Agency regulatory position on dewatering bentonite slurry waste produced by piling works or the construction of retaining and containment walls.
How to manage soil health to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement for your landspreading mobile plant deployment.
Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for manufacturing coating powder.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the management and disposal of waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and contaminated with asbestos.
Guidance on ash sampling strategies, formerly called M4 guidelines for ash sampling and analysis.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Where and how to contact Nuclear Waste Services
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