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Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
The Environment Agency has provided these LRWPs for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
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 burn or incinerate waste following an animal disease outbreak or infection identified by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
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).
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
Information you must provide in your application to deploy mobile plant for landspreading waste. How you must operate under your approved deployment.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
The Environment Agency’s role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
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).
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