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How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
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).
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
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.
Illustrative waste disposal fees for Year 2 (2026 to 2027) that will be charged to large producers obligated under Extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
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.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
Standard rules for a waste transfer station accepting construction, demolition and excavation waste.
Register exemptions for waste activity along a stretch of road, railway, river or any other linear network.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
The safe, secure, and long-term solution for the most hazardous radioactive waste in the UK.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
For operators storing and repackaging healthcare waste, photographic and chemical wastes from healthcare premises and similar municipal wastes at a named location.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
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