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The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
Environment Agency’s progress on revising the waste quality protocols.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
Check if an item of WEEE or a component removed from WEEE is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and treatment of waste filter bed media at water and waste water treatment works.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste glass containing other non-hazardous wastes.
Environment Agency regulatory position allowing operators 12 months to get additional qualifications if required, when moving to a new consolidated standard rules permit.
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