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Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
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.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
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.
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 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.
When the MCP is exempt from meeting emission limit values (ELVs), which ELVs apply and the deadlines for meeting them.
Use this guide to understand when your waste water discharge is classed as domestic sewage.
Find out about Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments, inspections and permit reviews, and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
The T5 exemption allows you to temporarily treat waste on a small scale to produce aggregate or soil at a particular location, such as a construction or demolition site.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
The T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
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.
How to complete waste or materials facility returns, and deadlines for submission.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
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