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How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
How to separate, store, transport and dispose of international catering waste (ICW).
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
Waste codes for common healthcare and related wastes.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
Check if you operate a materials facility. Understand your sampling, measuring, recording and reporting requirements.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
Standard rules for a household waste recycling centre.
Where to deposit non-hazardous dredging spoil, how to treat it, and the quantities allowed under a D1 waste exemption.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Local authorities can find out how and when they’ll start to receive funding to manage packaging waste, including actions chief executives need to take.
T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for compost produced from source-segregated biodegradable waste.
How to report a business or organisation that is not separating or collecting recyclable waste in line with the Simpler Recycling rules.
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