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The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
The Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria is the UK’s principal facility for the disposal of low level radioactive waste.
Apply to become an approved exporter (AE) and operate legally under the approval.
For operators of a Part A installation with a treatment capacity of more than 75 tonnes each day and no more than 75,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage of food, source segregated waste and mixed municipal waste at a collection point.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste glass containing other non-hazardous wastes.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
Document how you’ve collected your non-UK suppliers’ household electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces as defined in the amended waste EEE regulations must submit a me…
For a facility with a treatment capacity less than 75 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
Standard rules to store PAS 107 certified clean cut tyre shred and chip at a port.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread biochar (waste code 19 01 18) to benefit land.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and shred electronic storage media containing confidential or sensitive material for data security and destruction only without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can operate an ‘orphan’ waste effluent treatment plant without a waste operation or waste installation environmental permit.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the management and disposal of waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and contaminated with asbestos.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
DSS Part A: High Level Requirements and DSS Part B: Technical Specification
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and compacting waste coffee grounds to make a briquette.
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