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Definition of single-use vapes and reusable vapes, information on regulation and enforcement, and how to recycle vapes.
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).
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).
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging must collect and submit packaging data.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
Understand which wipes will be banned, when plastic wet wipes can still be sold, and how the ban will be enforced.
Standard rules for the storage of asbestos waste.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
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