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When you must report the amount of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) you place on the market and how to do it.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Examples of acceptable evidence of broadly equivalent standards for packaging and equivalent standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, de-packaging and dismantling unused waste COVID-19 test kits at premises owned by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
When you can store and dewater street sweeping waste without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
The Environment Agency’s role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
Environment Agency enforcement position on the temporary storage of waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) without an environmental permit.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
The Environment Agency has provided these LRWPs for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn waste wood during community events such as Guy Fawkes’ bonfires and Scout and Guide campfires.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
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