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Guidance on how to identify and classify waste before you send it for recycling or disposal.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
Waste codes for common healthcare and related wastes.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
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