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How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants and associated soil and materials.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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).
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
Information you must provide in your application to deploy mobile plant for landspreading waste. How you must operate under your approved deployment.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for biomethane produced from organic wastes in a landfill site or anaerobic digestion plant.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
The Environment Agency has provided these LRWPs for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
Prepare for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) expansion to energy from waste (EfW) and waste incineration by participating in the voluntary MRV-only period.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn waste wood during community events such as Guy Fawkes’ bonfires and Scout and Guide campfires.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
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.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
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