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Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
The safe, secure, and long-term solution for the most hazardous radioactive waste in the UK.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
Find out how to prepare written assessments to collect paper and card with other dry recyclables. Assessments will be required from March 2025 or March 2026, depending where you collect from.
How you can sample and test IBAA as an alternative to a full assessment using the WM3 waste classification technical guidance.
Environment Agency regulatory position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
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).
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
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