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How to apply for a standard rules environmental permit from the Environment Agency.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
Use this guide to understand when your waste water discharge is classed as domestic sewage.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
The T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, cut or pulverise waste wood and plant matter to make it easier to store and transport, or to convert it for use.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
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.
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.
Standard rules to capture, treat and store biogas from lagoons and tanks.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
The T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
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