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How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
Declare the disposal of catering waste from a vessel or aircraft that has travelled within the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man after international travel.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Approval form for a hub site to pasteurise animal by-products or catering waste, as part of a hub and pod compost or biogas facility.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
The T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
The T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
How to pay Environment Agency charges for international waste shipments (IWS) notifications.
How to set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
Form for a compost or biogas plant to apply for approval to treat animal by-products or catering waste.
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.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Environment Agency launches consultation on updating charges for regulating notified international waste shipments
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
This instrument amends Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste, the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007, and related direct EU legislation to enable their continued operability...
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