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Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
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.
Unofficial list of waste description codes listed in annexes to the Waste Shipments Regulation.
This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand the permitting and other requirements specific to Radioactive Substances Regulation.
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.
U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
Guidance for operators, test laboratories and equipment suppliers on the quality assurance of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS).
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Sources of radioactivity in the environment and how levels of radioactivity are monitored and assessed.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Sampling and chemical testing of untreated sewage, treated sewage effluents and trade effluents.
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
T24 exemption allows farmers to anaerobically digest manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
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