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T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
Environment Agency regulatory position on burning waste particle board off-cuts (waste code 03 01 05) as a fuel in a small appliance.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
T30 exemption allows you to recover silver from waste produced in connection with printing or photography.
U14 exemption allows you to mix ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from the burnt crops and vegetation.
D4 exemption allows you to deposit diseased crops where they were grown, when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.
D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
U15 exemption allows you to mix ash from burning pig or poultry with slurry or manure, and spread it on farmland to provide the soil with nutrients.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
T19 exemption allows small-scale physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oils and fat to produce fuel.
T29 exemption allows farmers, landscapers and other land managers to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings produced during their work.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can import UK origin naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) waste without a waste shipment consent.
Information for farmers about inspections the Environment Agency carries out to prevent and control pollution, and check permits and licence conditions.
U7 exemption allows you to use effluent from water and waste water treatment plants to clean highway gravel beds where high-quality water is not needed.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and treating waste animal bedding to make briquettes or pellets.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and treatment of waste oyster shells for use in new products.
T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
T31 exemption allows airports to filter and distill waste aircraft antifreeze fluid to recover monopropylene glycol.
U5 exemption allows you to store and use biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.
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