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Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environment Agency regulatory position on the treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants and associated soil and materials.
Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
Register exemptions for waste activity along a stretch of road, railway, river or any other linear network.
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).
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste glass containing other non-hazardous wastes.
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