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Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected.
The D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
This section describes the mechanisms that control the collection, transport, treatment, storage and disposal of waste.
The T13 exemption allows you to recover waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.
NDA's waste management strategy aims to protect people and the environment.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
The U8 exemption allows you to use waste materials (that do not need treating) for a specific purpose to reduce the use of virgin or non-waste materials.
Find out how to value company benefits for your employees.
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.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
This series brings together all documents relating to antisocial behaviour
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
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