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This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
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The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
MCERTS: competency standard for MCERTS inspectors and assistant inspectors - effluent flow monitoring
This document contains the performance standards and test procedures for certain types of permanently installed continuous water monitors (CWMs) used for the monitoring of treated wastewater discharges from industrial proces…
Local authority permits for Part A (2) installations and small waste incineration plant, under Environmental Permitting Regulations.
Environment Agency regulatory position on heat treating waste plastic for reuse.
Standard rules to allow the operator to undertake mining waste operations on the site of a mine or quarry.
Standard rules for the accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste from the NORM industrial activity of oil and gas production.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the capture, treatment, storage and use of carbon dioxide (CO2) from anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste.
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including April 2024.
The D2 exemption allows older rolling stock not fitted with appropriate collection facilities to deposit sanitary waste onto the track.
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.
The T14 exemption allows you to recover oil from oil filters before they're crushed so they can be transported for recovery.
The T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
The T19 exemption allows small-scale physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oils and fat to produce fuel.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can dispose of waste from clearing blocked sewers back into the same sewer network without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
Guidance to developers of geological disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
An overview of the UK regulatory framework for all aspects of radiological and civil nuclear safety across the UK.
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