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Standard rules for using waste to manufacture timber or construction products.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat waste paper, cardboard and plastic for the purpose of recovery.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store sealed containers of food waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on treating microbiological laboratory waste by autoclaving before it’s removed from a site.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and use waste fire extinguishers to train people to fight fires.
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected household WEEE.
This page describes the concept of immobilising and encapsulating hazardous materials within a wasteform and how adequate immobilisation can be proven as part of Disposability Assessment submissions.
The UK’s policy on the import and export of radioactive waste and spent fuel has not changed, but there are some changes to the processes that operators need to follow.
Putting geological disposal into context
T29 exemption allows farmers, landscapers and other land managers to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings produced during their work.
Environment Agency regulatory position on cleaning and sterilising waste medical instruments containing metal to allow the waste metal to be recovered elsewhere.
Environment Agency regulatory position on emergency services and armed forces using end of life vehicles (ELVs) and other wastes for training.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can import UK origin naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) waste without a waste shipment consent.
How to manage soil health to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement for your landspreading mobile plant deployment.
View the permit issued for European Metal Recycling Leeds, Leeds under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
This guidance covers the monitoring of emissions from spark ignition engines.
The Environment Agency's regulatory approach to perimeter soil gas following publication of the industry code of practice.
Position statement: end of waste criteria for the production and use of processed fuel oil from waste lubricating oils.
Sets out end of waste criteria for the production and use of processed fuel oil from waste lubricating oil.
Details on when waste rules apply to your material, import and export implications and the UK environmental regulators.
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