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Environment Agency regulatory position for local authorities, or contractors acting on their behalf, who operate household waste recycling centres and, or bulky waste collection services from households.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Where and how to contact Nuclear Waste Services
Check if an item of WEEE or a component removed from WEEE is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environment Agency regulatory position on monitoring fugitive emissions from shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day and accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes per year.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
The Waste Operations division of Nuclear Waste Services manages the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria and ensures that lower activity waste is managed effectively across the UK.
For a Part A installation with a biological treatment capacity exceeding 100 tonnes each day, accepting no more than 500,000 tonnes a year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the temporary storage and controlled depressurising of nominally empty discarded nitrous oxide canisters.
This page contains Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Waste Package Specifications and Guidance for waste packages destined for geological disposal.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
For facilities with a treatment capacity of no more than 75 tonnes a day that accept no more than 35,000 tonnes a year.
All guidance documents for the packaging of Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
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.
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