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Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
The Environment Agency has provided these LRWPs for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position allowing operators 12 months to get additional qualifications if required, when moving to a new consolidated standard rules permit.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
You must consider this guidance if you deal with surplus or waste food and drink.
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can operate an ‘orphan’ waste effluent treatment plant without a waste operation or waste installation environmental permit.
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