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When you do not need an environmental permit for an ‘orphan’ waste effluent treatment plant.
Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing lead acid vehicle batteries, cable and gas cylinders at HWRCs when the correct waste codes are not in your permit.
Environment Agency enforcement position on using temporary collection points in local communities for householders’ waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on treating microbiological laboratory waste by autoclaving before it’s removed from a site.
Disposability Assessment guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
The requirements for packaging LHGW
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues and post shredder treatment residues for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can accept shredded electronic storage media at permitted hazardous waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) sites where waste code 19 02 04* is not on your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, transporting, bulking up and accepting litter from voluntary litter collections.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and drying waste wood before burning in a Part B co-incinerator.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat waste mattresses for the purpose of recovery.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and compacting waste coffee grounds to make a briquette.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste glass containing other non-hazardous wastes.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing samples of waste for regulation or investigation other than where the samples are tested or analysed.
How waste collectors should prioritise their collection services during extreme circumstances.
Work out the toxic equivalency factors of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) to calculate their concentration.
The requirements for packaging HHGW
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