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For facilities with a treatment capacity of no more than 75 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 500 tonnes on site at any time.
Environment Agency regulatory position on discharging waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) into a wastewater treatment works where your permit contains a POPs exclusion.
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.
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…
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 storing, transporting, bulking up and accepting litter from voluntary litter collections.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, treating and using plastic waste coded 16 03 06, when this waste code is not in your environmental permit or waste exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using whole waste tyres in building construction, in escape ladders in water storage reservoirs, for fendering systems and planters, and as crash protection barriers.
Environment Agency’s progress on revising the waste quality protocols.
For a Part A installation with a biological treatment capacity exceeding 100 tonnes each day, accepting no more than 500,000 tonnes a year.
For operators of a small metal recycling facility accepting no more than 5,000 tonnes of waste each year with no more than 100 tonnes on site at any one time.
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day and accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes per year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on waste transfer and consignment notes when business waste is deposited at a take back or collection point.
The Environment Agency has provided these LRWPs for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues (MSR) and post shredder treatment residues (PSTR) for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on burning waste particle board off-cuts (waste code 03 01 05) as a fuel in a small appliance.
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