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Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread biochar (waste code 19 01 18) to benefit land.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Prepare for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) expansion to energy from waste (EfW) and waste incineration by participating in the voluntary MRV-only period.
Information you must provide in your application to deploy mobile plant for landspreading waste. How you must operate under your approved deployment.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for biomethane produced from organic wastes in a landfill site or anaerobic digestion plant.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
By getting an approved framework, you’ll be able to show when a material has reached end of waste status.
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