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Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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 shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
Environment Agency regulatory position allowing operators time to get additional technical competence qualifications.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread biochar (waste code 19 01 18) to benefit land.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store waste incapacitant sprays without an environmental permit.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
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