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The S3 waste exemption lets you store sewage sludge at a site where it will be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
The D3 exemption allows the burial of waste from a portable toilet, to avoid long-distance transportation of small quantities of waste to sewage treatment works.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
Environment Agency regulatory position on how to classify excavated waste from street works and utility works when you cannot take samples before excavation.
Standard rules to use waste in a deposit for recovery operations (construction, reclamation, restoration or improvement of land other than by mobile plant).
Putting geological disposal into context
The T8 exemption allows you to treat small amounts of waste end-of-life tyres for recovery by baling, shredding, peeling, shaving or granulating.
Standard rules to operate mobile plant for land spreading and deployment form.
When to reject hazardous waste and what to do if you are the consignee, carrier, producer or holder.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can treat and dispose of invasive non-native plant material without an environmental permit.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
The U12 exemption allows landscapers, farmers and growers to spread mulch as a protective covering onto land around trees, bushes or plants.
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
Standard rules to operate a mobile plant for the treatment of soils and contaminated material, substances or products.
If you comply with the requirements in this regulatory position statement (RPS) you do not need an environmental permit for the final use of asphalt waste containing coal tar in construction operations.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
How and when you can seize a vehicle to investigate a waste crime.
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