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What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
If you put EEE on the UK market you must follow rules on both the EEE you sell and the EEE that becomes waste (WEEE).
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
How to record and report data under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging requirements.
T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging must collect and submit packaging data.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
Understand which wipes will be banned, when plastic wet wipes can still be sold, and how the ban will be enforced.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
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