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Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
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.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
A permanent solution for the UK's higher-activity radioactive waste
Waste codes for common healthcare and related wastes.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on how to classify excavated waste from street works and utility works when you cannot take samples before excavation.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily exceed the waste storage limits in your environmental permit.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
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