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Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
Nuclear Waste Services’ (NWS) purpose is to safely manage the UK’s radioactive waste – today and for the future.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
When you must report the amount of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) you place on the market and how to do it.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
How you can sample and test IBAA as an alternative to a full assessment using the WM3 waste classification technical guidance.
Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
You must consider this guidance if you deal with surplus or waste food and drink.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
Register exemptions for waste activity along a stretch of road, railway, river or any other linear network.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
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