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How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
The safe, secure, and long-term solution for the most hazardous radioactive waste in the UK.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale, self-managed organisational waste and plastic and paper bags data for 2024 and 2025.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
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.
Standard rules for mobile plant treating wastes to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
The rules for manufacturing mercury added products in Great Britain, as well as importing and exporting them between Great Britain and non-EU countries.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
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.
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