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What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
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).
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.
Understand which wipes will be banned, when plastic wet wipes can still be sold, and how the ban will be enforced.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
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