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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.
D3 exemption allows the burial of waste from a portable toilet, to avoid long-distance transportation of small quantities of waste to sewage treatment works.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Principles setting out what the Environment Agency expects from permit holders carrying out radioactive substances activities.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
How to assess and report B2C and B2B electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) products.
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 to allow you to operate a metal recycling site and a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location.
Standard rules to use waste in a deposit for recovery operations (construction, reclamation, restoration or improvement of land other than by mobile plant).
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.
Guidance on interpreting the legislation on radioactive substances in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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