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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.
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).
T16 exemption allows you to treat waste toner or ink cartridges by sorting, cleaning, dismantling or refilling them.
U6 exemption allows you to import sludge from one waste water treatment plant to another to reseed the biological process.
T29 exemption allows farmers, landscapers and other land managers to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings produced during their work.
T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
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.
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 store, treat and use waste water containing concrete at construction sites.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread waste gypsum to benefit land.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting e-bikes at waste treatment sites under a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) permit or T11 waste exemption.
The D2 exemption allows older rolling stock not fitted with appropriate collection facilities to deposit sanitary waste on to the track.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
T31 exemption allows airports to filter and distill waste aircraft antifreeze fluid to recover monopropylene glycol.
Environment Agency regulatory position on discharging waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) into a wastewater treatment works where your permit contains a POPs exclusion.
T33 exemption allows you to filter central heating oil from disused tanks so that it can be reused.
U5 exemption allows you to store and use biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can remove airworthy parts from a waste aircraft which is under a care and maintenance programme.
Environment Agency regulatory position on burning waste particle board off-cuts (waste code 03 01 05) as a fuel in a small appliance.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and treating waste animal bedding to make briquettes or pellets.
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