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The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
Restrictions on burning crop residues, and the rules you must follow when you burn to protect the environment and avoid causing nuisance.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
When you can exceed the burning and storage limits in waste exemption D7 to burn trees and plants affected by disease or pests in the open.
The D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
The U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
How to get your site approved, the category your site falls into, the type of incinerator you need and how it must be maintained.
A guide to the major publications related to excess deaths in the UK, who produces them and links to the methods and analysis.
Use this form to apply for approval to burn unprocessed poultry manure in a combustion plant on your farm or holding.
How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
The D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
When you can burn waste wood, particle board, straw, manure and poultry litter in the open after an animal disease outbreak.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
The T24 exemption allows farmers to anaerobically digest manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn waste wood during community events such as Guy Fawkes’ bonfires and Scout and Guide campfires.
How to get approval to burn poultry manure in a combustion unit on your farm or holding.
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