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Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
You can report serious concerns about your employer to us, if you suspect wrongdoing in an area we regulate.
Find out how to express the mass of a fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent to comply with regulations on F gases.
If you put EEE on the UK market you must follow rules on both the EEE you sell and the EEE that becomes waste (WEEE).
How climate change agreements (CCAs) work, who is eligible and which sector associations hold a CCA.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
How to appeal a regulatory decision from the Environment Agency or challenge them if they fail to act in line with the Regulators’ Code.
Regulations that brewers and contract brewers must comply with when producing beer to sell.
Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
What best available techniques are, when you must follow them, how to propose alternatives and how to refer to them in your application.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
Your responsibilities to check equipment for fluorinated gas (F gas) leaks.
What information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
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