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Environment Agency’s progress on revising the waste quality protocols.
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting separately collected household packaging waste at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) when 15 01 waste codes are not in your environmental permit.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat waste paper, cardboard and plastic for the purpose of recovery.
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.
The National Waste Programme was established to implement the UK’s strategy for the management of solid low level radioactive waste (LLW) from the nuclear industry. It is an industry-wide collaboration led by LLW Repository …
Details on when waste rules apply to your material, import and export implications and the UK environmental regulators.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, transporting, bulking up and accepting litter from voluntary litter collections.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using non-waste absorbents to solidify saturated soils and slurry wastes produced during construction and excavation works.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and physically treat hazardous metal shredder residues without the correct waste codes on your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using temporary collection points in local communities for householders’ waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing waste coffee pods.
Environment Agency regulatory position on discharging waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) into a wastewater treatment works where your permit contains a POPs exclusion.
Environment Agency regulatory position on waste transfer and consignment notes when business waste is deposited at a take back or collection point.
You must consider this guidance if you deal with surplus or waste food and drink.
Where and how to contact Nuclear Waste Services
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