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The appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment or transfer of WEEE.
The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
An exploration of feasible processes for accelerating implementation of a geological disposal facility (GDF) in the United Kingdom
Guidance to developers or operators of near-surface disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
These are appropriate measures for waste storage at a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
The UK government is committed to implementing geological disposal for the safe and secure management of higher-activity radioactive waste over the long term.
Final annual results for local authority collected waste generation and management for England.
Seeking views on the updated UK plan for shipments of waste.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Response of the UK Government and the Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland to the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
CoRWM's preliminary position on the implications for decommissioning, radioactive waste management, and radioactive waste disposal associated with fusion energy.
This white paper sets out a renewed process for siting a Geological Disposal Facility for the long-term management of higher activity radioactive waste.
The Geological Disposal Programme Board (GDPB) clarifies and strengthens governance of the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme.
All guidance documents for the packaging of Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
How to manage the leachate produced by the waste in your site.
The Waste Metric Dashboard summarises progress on the diversion of waste away from disposal to the LLW Repository and on the environmental performance of the National Waste Programme.
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