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Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
How to separate, store, transport and dispose of international catering waste (ICW).
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale, self-managed organisational waste and plastic and paper bags data for 2024 and 2025.
The rules for manufacturing mercury added products in Great Britain, as well as importing and exporting them between Great Britain and non-EU countries.
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion treatment capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes each year.
Standard rules for a household waste recycling centre.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the management and disposal of waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and contaminated with asbestos.
Illustrative waste disposal fees for Year 2 (2026 to 2027) that will be charged to large producers obligated under Extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
The safe, secure, and long-term solution for the most hazardous radioactive waste in the UK.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to report a business or organisation that is not separating or collecting recyclable waste in line with the Simpler Recycling rules.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
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