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T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
T16 exemption allows you to treat waste toner or ink cartridges by sorting, cleaning, dismantling or refilling them.
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.
U6 exemption allows you to import sludge from one waste water treatment plant to another to reseed the biological process.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can accept gypsum and cement-based waste without the correct waste codes on your permit.
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 you can remove airworthy parts from a waste aircraft which is under a care and maintenance programme.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can import UK origin naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) waste without a waste shipment consent.
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.
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.
T31 exemption allows airports to filter and distill waste aircraft antifreeze fluid to recover monopropylene glycol.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and treating waste animal bedding to make briquettes or pellets.
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.
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.
T33 exemption allows you to filter central heating oil from disused tanks so that it can be reused.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the recovery of silver from waste photographic and X-ray developer and fixer solutions.
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 the storage and treatment of waste oyster shells for use in new products.
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.
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