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T10 exemption allows small organisations, such as charities, to sort recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
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.
D3 exemption allows the burial of waste from a portable toilet, to avoid long-distance transportation of small quantities of waste to sewage treatment works.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
S3 waste exemption lets you store sewage sludge at a site where it will be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
How UK environment agencies assess noise, legal requirements for managing noise, noise impact assessments and noise management plans. This replaces H3 guidance.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
Find out if Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) or specified generator regulations apply to your operations.
U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
View the permit issued for Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility, Redcar under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
How to develop a management system for carrying out flood risk activities under an environmental permit.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Types of waste and maximum amounts you can use for spreading as mulch to benefit land around trees, bushes or plants, under U12 waste exemption.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
Environment Agency regulatory position on producer obligations to assess the recyclability of household packaging supplied between 1 January and 30 June 2025.
How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.
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