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The U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
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 D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
How to get your site approved, the category your site falls into, the type of incinerator you need and how it must be maintained.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
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.
What you need to do to supply, distribute and sell manufactured solid fuels for use in domestic heating appliances in England.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
The T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
What you need to do to supply, distribute and sell wood for use in domestic heating appliances in England.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
Find out about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
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