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The rules for manufacturing mercury added products in Great Britain, as well as importing and exporting them between Great Britain and non-EU countries.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
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.
How to report a business or organisation that is not separating or collecting recyclable waste in line with the Simpler Recycling rules.
How to record and report data under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging requirements.
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.
Standard rules to operate a materials recycling facility.
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 data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
Standard rules for mobile plant treating wastes to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Standard rules for unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA) in construction as a deposit for recovery operation.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when a person who is authorised under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations can store, sort and denature controlled drugs that have become waste, at another place.
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.
Register exemptions for waste activity along a stretch of road, railway, river or any other linear network.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
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