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Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
U11 exemption allows you to spread waste on non-agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
Standard rules for a household waste recycling centre.
T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
Apply to become an approved exporter (AE) and operate legally under the approval.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale and self-managed organisational waste data for 2024 and 2025.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
All guidance documents for the packaging of Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
Standard rules for mobile plant treating wastes to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
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