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Getting to know the geology in your area
This page provides introductory information on Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW) packages.
The requirements for packaging HHGW
This page explains how engagement between Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) and waste packagers helps the development of safe waste packaging solutions in an efficient manner.
The requirements for packaging LHGW
Sets out changes in terminology in definitions relating to waste reporting obligations.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for biomethane produced from organic wastes in a landfill site or anaerobic digestion plant.
DSS Part A: High Level Requirements and DSS Part B: Technical Specification
T33 exemption allows you to filter central heating oil from disused tanks so that it can be reused.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Wales region
The Environment Agency’s role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
An important part of the work to close down Dounreay is to address the legacy of radioactive particles in the marine environment around the site.
This page provides introductory information on waste packages for the geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste in the UK.
When recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard is no longer waste.
The Environment Agency's regulatory approach to perimeter soil gas following publication of the industry code of practice.
Principles of optimisation in the management and disposal of radioactive waste from radioactive substances activities.
How to comply with your EPR RSR environmental permit open sources radioactive waste non-nuclear premises.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using temporary collection points in local communities for householders’ waste.
This document is aimed at people who design or assess proposals which include a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) for environmental protection.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using whole waste tyres in building construction, in escape ladders in water storage reservoirs, for fendering systems and planters, and as crash protection barriers.
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