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The T29 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings before disposing of them to land.
The T32 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter.
What the UK has done to improve waste water treatment and meet its commitments under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
The T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
Find out about discharge limits and controls for chemical dosing of treated sewage effluents, and when you need to apply to change your environmental permit.
02 wastes are from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing, food preparation and processing. Your permit lists the 02 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before you start section.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
The Water and Abandoned Metal Mines programme aims to tackle the water pollution caused by historical metal mining.
The appropriate measures for emissions control at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment or transfer of WEEE.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
The appropriate measures for waste treatment at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment of WEEE.
On 13 September 2023, the House of Lords voted against government proposals intended to unlock 100,000 homes between now and 2030 whilst protecting and improving the environment.
These are the appropriate measures for emissions control at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring chemical waste.
The additional appropriate measures for waste treatment at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating WTEE.
These are the appropriate measures for waste treatment at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating chemical waste.
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