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How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
19 waste codes are from waste management facilities, off-site waste water treatment plants and the preparation of water intended for human consumption and water for industrial use. Your permit lists the 19 waste codes you ca…
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
03 Wastes are from wood processing and the production of panels, furniture, pulp and paper. Your permit lists the 03 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before you start section.
10 wastes are from thermal processes. Your permit lists the 10 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before you start section.
Use this code to help you follow the rules when you produce or use sewage sludge in agriculture.
04 wastes are from the leather, fur and textile industries. Your permit lists the 04 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before you start section.
17 waste codes are construction and demolition wastes (including excavated soil from contaminated sites). Your permit lists the 17 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before you start section.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Find out about discharge limits and controls for chemical dosing of treated sewage effluents, and when you need to apply to change your environmental permit.
02 wastes are from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing, food preparation and processing. Your permit lists the 02 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before y…
Preventing pollution from an abandoned metal mine in Cornwall.
This strategy sets out our purpose, principles and priorities for how we will enable safe and sustainable sludge use on land.
How to manage soil health to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement for your landspreading mobile plant deployment.
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
Guidance on the valuation of hereditaments built on or affected by contaminated land and list maintenance matters flowing from this.
Information on ammonia (also known as hydrogen nitride), for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Find out about discharge limits and controls of substances discharged from water treatment works.
Information you must provide in your application to deploy mobile plant for landspreading waste. How you must operate under your approved deployment.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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