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Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
Our dedicated Waste Services teams deliver and develop integrated waste management capabilities, support national strategies, and manage customer and supplier relationships across the waste lifecycle.
Standard rules for mobile plant treating wastes to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
Standard rules to operate a materials recycling facility.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use asphalt waste without an environmental permit.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
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).
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
Environment Agency regulatory position allowing operators 12 months to get additional qualifications if required, when moving to a new consolidated standard rules permit.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste institutional mattresses containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
For operators of a vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility accepting no more than 750 tonnes of waste vehicles a year.
Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
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