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How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Declare the disposal of catering waste from a vessel or aircraft that has travelled within the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man after international travel.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
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How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.
The T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
The 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.
Environment Agency launches consultation on updating charges for regulating notified international waste shipments
The T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out what animal by-products (material with animal content) you can use in a small scale compost heap and if your heap needs approval.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
Food-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
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