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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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and cutting waste rubber conveyor belts for reuse: RPS 305
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste glass containing other non-hazardous wastes.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage of BSI PAS 100 compliant compost and PAS 110 compliant digestate at the site of production before dispatch to the customer.
Statutory guidance on radioactive contaminated land for local authorities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and drying waste wood before burning in a Part B co-incinerator.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can store contaminated waste waters from gas pipelines without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily store end of life vehicles (ELVs) at a motor manufacturer’s dealership.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing concrete at construction sites.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can treat residual mixed municipal waste by aerobic digestion at the place the waste was produced.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can use a backup flare to burn biogas at exempt anaerobic digestion plants.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using waste clay in the construction of slurry lagoons or irrigation/winter storage reservoirs.
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.
This page describes the purpose of package assurance when managing higher activity radioactive waste.
An important part of the work to close down Dounreay is to address the legacy of radioactive particles in the marine environment around the site.
Dstl’s incinerator facility near Salisbury provides a specialist disposal solution for hazardous or high security waste materials.
Putting geological disposal into context
T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in March 2024.
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