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Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
View the final permit decisions that the Environment Agency has made on applications for environmental permits from July 2026
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.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
Guidance for operators, test laboratories and equipment suppliers on the quality assurance of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS).
The safe, secure, and long-term solution for the most hazardous radioactive waste in the UK.
Register exemptions for waste activity along a stretch of road, railway, river or any other linear network.
T24 exemption allows farmers to anaerobically digest manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
Standard rules SR2015 No 14: 75kte metal recycling site.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling site and a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location.
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.
This page introduces Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Waste Package Specifications (WPS) and Guidance for waste packages intended for geological disposal.
Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
How and when you can seize a vehicle to investigate a waste crime.
For operators of a vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility accepting no more than 750 tonnes of waste vehicles a year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants and associated soil and materials.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
Guidance for local authorities on the consistent use of their litter enforcement powers.
Guidance on interpreting the legislation on radioactive substances in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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