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U14 exemption allows you to mix ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from the burnt crops and vegetation.
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 when you can store, treat and use waste water containing concrete at construction sites.
D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
T15 exemption allows you to treat aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment, so the metal can be recovered.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can accept gypsum and cement-based waste without the correct waste codes on your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and treating waste animal bedding to make briquettes or pellets.
Environment Agency regulatory position on burning waste particle board off-cuts (waste code 03 01 05) as a fuel in a small appliance.
T30 exemption allows you to recover silver from waste produced in connection with printing or photography.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the recovery of silver from waste photographic and X-ray developer and fixer solutions.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can import UK origin naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) waste without a waste shipment consent.
U5 exemption allows you to store and use biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.
U2 exemption allows you to use a small number of end-of-life tyre bales in construction.
T29 exemption allows farmers, landscapers and other land managers to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings produced during their work.
T19 exemption allows small-scale physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oils and fat to produce fuel.
T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can remove airworthy parts from a waste aircraft which is under a care and maintenance programme.
T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and treatment of waste oyster shells for use in new products.
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