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How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Waste codes for common healthcare and related wastes.
Describes our expectations for leadership and management systems by radioactive substances activity permit holders who are also nuclear site licensees in England and Wales.
What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.
Where to deposit non-hazardous dredging spoil, how to treat it, and the quantities allowed under a D1 waste exemption.
T5 exemption allows you to temporarily treat waste on a small scale to produce aggregate or soil at a particular location, such as a construction or demolition site.
End of waste criteria for the production and use of aggregates from inert waste.
Check if you operate a materials facility. Understand your sampling, measuring, recording and reporting requirements.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for compost produced from source-segregated biodegradable waste.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Local authorities can find out how and when they’ll start to receive funding to manage packaging waste, including actions chief executives need to take.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
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