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Appropriate measures for waste treatment.
How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions
When you do not need an environmental permit for an ‘orphan’ waste effluent treatment plant.
The U7 exemption allows you to use effluent from water and waste water treatment plants to clean highway gravel beds where high-quality water is not needed.
Information about the Coombe mine water treatment scheme in Cornwall, England.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Environment Agency enforcement position for wetlands that receive treated final effluent discharged from water and sewerage company wastewater treatment works.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
This report provides information on the anti- oestrogenic and anti- androgenic activity of 43 priority effluents
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
We have more than 10 years’ experience of successfully working with our customers to develop solutions across the radioactive waste lifecycle and provide access to the full range of treatment, logistics, and disposal techniques and technology in the UK, Europe,...
Sellafield Ltd is committed to keeping the public informed about operations on the Sellafield site.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
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