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How and when local authorities can and cannot use fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for householders not complying with waste receptacle requirements.
How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
The D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
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Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
Find out how to get a recycling bin from your local council
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
The D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
Provides further information in support of the implementation of waste planning policy.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
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