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T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
T24 exemption allows farmers to anaerobically digest manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
Use this tool to find out if you need to apply for a simple bespoke or complex bespoke medium combustion plant permit.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
How to comply with emission limit values (ELVs) for hydrogen combustion plant greater than 1 megawatt thermal input (MWth).
MCERTS standard specifying the minimum requirements for installing and using event duration monitors (EDMs) required by an environmental permit.
This index will help you choose an appropriate periodic monitoring technique and standard for monitoring stack emissions to air (formerly part of M2).
Environment Agency regulatory position on delaying the monthly data reporting obligations for accredited reprocessors and exporters for February and March 2026.
How to meet the requirements of using mobile plant for landspreading waste to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) authorised treatment facility at a specified location.
These are the maximum uncertainty values to assess whether periodic measurement results comply with emission limit values in environmental permits (formerly part of M2).
Information you must submit to the Environment Agency in a noise impact assessment that uses computer modelling or spreadsheet calculations.
How the Environment Agency regulates discharges and radioactive waste disposals from Sellafield through environmental permitting.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Guidance on how land and groundwater should be protected at permitted facilities.
T16 exemption allows you to treat waste toner or ink cartridges by sorting, cleaning, dismantling or refilling them.
How to request a longer timetable for the Environment Agency to assess if your proposal can be ‘duly made’.
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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