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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 choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
Where to deposit non-hazardous dredging spoil, how to treat it, and the quantities allowed under a D1 waste exemption.
Standard rules to operate a materials recycling facility.
The rules for manufacturing mercury added products in Great Britain, as well as importing and exporting them between Great Britain and non-EU countries.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
The safe, secure, and long-term solution for the most hazardous radioactive waste in the UK.
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.
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).
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Register exemptions for waste activity along a stretch of road, railway, river or any other linear network.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use asphalt waste without an environmental permit.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
For operators of a vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility accepting no more than 750 tonnes of waste vehicles a year.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
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