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How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
You must make sure hazardous waste produced or handled by your business in…
You must follow these steps in England if your business: produces…
You must follow these steps if your business collects and transports…
You must follow these steps if you receive, treat or dispose of hazardous…
You must use consignment notes to move hazardous waste. A consignment note…
Consignee returns are reports on any hazardous waste received, treated or…
Contact the Environment Agency if you have any questions about hazardous…
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Provides further information in support of the implementation of waste planning policy.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
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.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
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.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs).
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
Unofficial list of waste description codes listed in annexes to the WSR.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
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.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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