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The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
This paper sets out the analysis used to forecast levels of waste arisings and treatment capacity in England in 2020.
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.
The UK’s policy on the import and export of radioactive waste and spent fuel has not changed, but there are some changes to the processes that operators need to follow.
Under the Energy Act 2004, the NDA is required to promote and, where necessary, carry out research to support decommissioning and clean-up.
A consultation on the secondary legislation to extend Landfill Tax to illegal waste sites and clarify the definition of ‘taxable disposal’.
This report illustrates the implications of the requirements of the Landfill Directive for the future management, risk assessment and monitoring of landfill gas in the UK.
Contamination of recycling by food or general waste
Response issued: 08/10/19
Wasteform guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
View the partial surrender issued for Pilsworth North Landfill Site, Bury under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
The appropriate measures for waste treatment at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment of WEEE.
The long term environmental safety of radioactive waste in a GDF is addressed in the Post-Closure Safety Assessment.
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