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From:: Environment Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for Communities and Local Government, Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Natural Resources Wales, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Health and Safety Executive, Closed organisation: National Measurement and Regulation Office, Office for Nuclear Regulation, Closed organisation: UK Government Decontamination Service, and Welsh Government

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Introductory guides

Dispose of business or commercial waste
Classify different types of waste
Hazardous waste
Waste legislation and regulations
Recycling collections

Report a waste problem

Report fly-tipping or illegal waste dumping
Report a litter problem

Hazardous waste

Hazardous waste
Classify different types of waste
Hazardous waste producer registration (Wales)
Hazardous waste: segregation and mixing
Hazardous waste consignment note
Hazardous waste: example Part A of your consignment note
Hazardous waste: consignment note guidance
Hazardous waste: rejected loads guidance
Hazardous waste: consignee returns guidance (England)

Moving waste

Waste duty of care code of practice
Register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England)
Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (Wales)
Duty of care waste transfer note form
Hazardous waste consignment note
Handling and disposing of international catering waste
Waste: import and export

Waste permits and licences

Register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England)
Register your waste exemptions: environmental permits (England)
Waste: environmental permits
Standard rules: environmental permitting
Environmental permitting charges scheme: guidance from April 2014

Storing waste

Waste exemptions: storing waste

Using waste

Waste exemptions: using waste
Manage waste on land: guidance for land managers

Treating waste

Waste exemptions: treating waste
Municipal waste incinerators: apply to qualify as a recovery operation
Treatment of waste for landfill
End of life vehicles (ELVs): guidance for waste sites

End of waste

Turn your waste into a new non-waste product or material
Quality protocols: converting waste into non-waste products
End of waste test submission forms
IsItWaste tool: for advice on the by-products and end of waste tests

Disposing of waste

Waste exemptions: disposing of waste
Waste acceptance at landfills
Environmental permitting: landfill sector technical guidance
Burning waste
Dispose of garden waste
Find a local hazardous waste disposal service

Batteries

Waste batteries: producer responsibility
Battery waste: retailer and distributor responsibilities
Waste batteries: treat, recycle and export
Waste batteries and accumulators: technical guidance

Electrical waste

Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE): producer responsibilities
Electrical waste: retailer and distributor responsibilities
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): reuse and treatment
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): exporting
WEEE: evidence and national protocols guidance

Packaging waste

Packaging waste: producer responsibilities
Packaging waste: become a packaging producer compliance scheme (PCS)
Packaging waste: apply to be an accredited reprocessor or exporter
Packaging waste: environmental responsibilities
Producer responsibility regulations

Waste water discharges

Discharges to surface water and groundwater: environmental permits
Septic tanks and treatment plants: permits and general binding rules

Registers and data

Access the public register for environmental information
National operator waste returns

Radioactive waste

Radioactive substances regulation (RSR) for non-nuclear sites
Radioactive waste, disposal and safety
Environment Agency's role in managing radioactive waste
Radioactive waste, spent fuel or sources
Inspection of Radioactive Waste Management Limited's (RWM) provision of disposability assessment and waste packaging advice
Low Level Waste Repository
Radioactive substances regulation for nuclear sites
Non-nuclear radioactive substances regulation
Geological disposal: scrutiny of Radioactive Waste Management Limited's (RWM) work
Discharge of radioactive waste from nuclear sites: setting limits
Examples of CBRN and HazMat Incidents
Sub-surface unsuitability screening

Clinical waste

Healthcare waste

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