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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 water containing concrete at construction sites.
Environment Agency regulatory position on treating microbiological laboratory waste by autoclaving before it’s removed from a site.
This document is aimed at people who design or assess proposals which include a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) for environmental protection.
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.
Guidance to applicants on how the Environment Agency will consider air quality impact assessments from group 3 metals stack emissions from municipal waste incinerators and waste wood co-incinerators.
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.
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D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
Actions companies need to take to export nuclear-related items.
This page describes the purpose of package assurance when managing higher activity radioactive waste.
Dstl’s incinerator facility near Salisbury provides a specialist disposal solution for hazardous or high security waste materials.
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.
T29 exemption allows farmers, landscapers and other land managers to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings produced during their work.
U3 exemption allows groups such as schools, colleges and theatres to use waste, such as offcuts of wood, for creative installations.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in March 2024.
Know when waste derived biodiesel is no longer waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on dewatering bentonite slurry waste produced by piling works or the construction of retaining and containment walls.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage of end of life vehicles (ELVs) that will be used for training at educational establishments.
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