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Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Environment Agency regulatory position allowing operators time to get additional technical competence qualifications.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread waste gypsum to benefit land.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for biomethane produced from organic wastes in a landfill site or anaerobic digestion plant.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
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