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For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion treatment capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste glass containing other non-hazardous wastes.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
Publishing dates for packaging data.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues and post shredder treatment residues for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can dispose of waste from clearing blocked sewers back into the same sewer network without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
How to get support if you have to report packaging data or pay a fee under EPR for packaging
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and dismantling of small boats and barges.
Illustrative waste disposal fees for Year 2 (2026 to 2027) that will be charged to large producers obligated under Extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
For a facility with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
How to pay Environment Agency charges for international waste shipments (IWS) notifications.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste institutional mattresses containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and shred electronic storage media containing confidential or sensitive material for data security and destruction only without an environmental permit.
For operators storing and repackaging healthcare waste, photographic and chemical wastes from healthcare premises and similar municipal wastes at a named location.
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