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Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to develop monitoring strategies for assessing levels of pollutants in the ambient atmosphere.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
How the Environment Agency regulates discharges and radioactive waste disposals from Sellafield through environmental permitting.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Use this template to write a declaration of conformity to certify that HFCs (F gas) in equipment you import or manufacture are covered by a HFC quota.
Standard rules for repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank using natural materials.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can store and treat hazardous waste cable without the correct waste codes on your permit or exemption.
How to decommission an underground storage tank temporarily or permanently and the risks to groundwater.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues and post shredder treatment residues for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
BAT for diesel engines on an installation that are classed as new medium combustion plant, operating up to 500 hours a year that are exempt from emission limit values (ELVs).
A summary of the techniques and standards you should use to monitor ambient air.
Who this guidance is for, assessing appropriate measures for your site, the measures that apply to different types of facilities and implementing measures at new and existing facilities.
The T15 exemption allows you to treat aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment, so the metal can be recovered.
The U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
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