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The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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 regulatory position on burning waste particle board off-cuts (waste code 03 01 05) as a fuel in a small appliance.
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion treatment capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and shred electronic storage media containing confidential or sensitive material for data security and destruction only without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you do not need to monitor emissions from permitted medium combustion plant that are used for back-up generation.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat hazardous waste cable without the correct waste codes on your permit or exemption.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, treating, and using excavated utilities wastes classified under RPS 298.
For a facility with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Information you must provide in your application to deploy mobile plant for landspreading waste. How you must operate under your approved deployment.
Guidance on sampling methods and methodologies for materials facility operators, including information about sampling areas, equipment, schedules and compliance
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can accept waste codes that are not listed in your environmental permit or waste exemption
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste fire extinguishers before metal recovery.
For operators of a small metal recycling facility accepting no more than 5,000 tonnes of waste each year with no more than 100 tonnes on site at any one time.
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
Apply to become an approved exporter (AE) and operate legally under the approval.
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
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