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Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use asphalt waste without an environmental permit.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale and self-managed organisational waste data for 2024 and 2025.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat end-of-life tyres for the purpose of waste recovery.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using BSI PAS 100 or PAS 110 compliant material which does not meet the plastics limit in the relevant resource framework.
Standard rules for mobile plant treating wastes to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
Standard rules for a waste transfer station accepting construction, demolition and excavation waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can accept waste codes that are not listed in your environmental permit or waste exemption
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).
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily exceed the waste storage limits in your environmental permit.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
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