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U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location.
Guidance on interpreting the legislation on radioactive substances in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
Standard rules for mobile plant treating wastes to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants and associated soil and materials.
Guidance for operators, test laboratories and equipment suppliers on the quality assurance of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS).
Guidance for the aviation sector on how to separate recyclable waste from international catering waste (ICW).
The rules for manufacturing mercury added products in Great Britain, as well as importing and exporting them between Great Britain and non-EU countries.
T32 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter.
How the Environment Agency regulates discharges and radioactive waste disposals from Sellafield through environmental permitting.
How to pay Environment Agency charges for international waste shipments (IWS) notifications.
Environment Agency's regulation of Sizewell A, B and C and how you can find out more about environmental permits and other activities at these nuclear sites.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
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