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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.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
The U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
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