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Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
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.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
Information you must provide in your application to deploy mobile plant for landspreading waste. How you must operate under your approved deployment.
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).
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
The Environment Agency has provided these LRWPs for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
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