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The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
For a facility with a treatment capacity less than 75 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and treatment of waste filter bed media at water and waste water treatment works.
Work out the toxic equivalency factors of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) to calculate their concentration.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2025.
Environment Agency enforcement position on dewatering bentonite slurry waste from secant piling or the construction of retaining and containment walls.
Where and how to contact Nuclear Waste Services
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store intact shock absorbers and undeployed airbags in otherwise fully depolluted ELVs on hardstanding.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and drying waste wood before burning in a Part B co-incinerator.
Environment Agency regulatory position on temporary storage of cans of waste paint collected through manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer take-back schemes.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing concrete at construction sites.
Environment Agency regulatory position on treating solid waste from portable composting toilets at the depot where the toilets were hired.
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected WEEE.
Wasteform guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn or incinerate waste following an animal disease outbreak or infection identified by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Standard rules to store PAS 107 certified clean cut tyre shred and chip at a port.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat waste mattresses for the purpose of recovery.
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