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Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
Learn more about the history, science and policy behind GDF
Standard rules to operate a mobile plant for the treatment of soils and contaminated material, substances or products.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste fire extinguishers before metal recovery.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
This guidance is for any business or public body which generates, handles or treats waste.
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.
We have more than 10 years’ experience of successfully working with our customers to develop solutions across the radioactive waste lifecycle and provide access to the full range of treatment, logistics, and disposal techniq…
SR2010 No 12: treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
Guidance for designated collection facilities (DCF) and charities on how to comply with WEEE and waste regulations.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
How to assess and report B2C and B2B electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) products.
Putting geological disposal into context
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can treat and dispose of invasive non-native plant material without an environmental permit.
The U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
The T8 exemption allows you to treat small amounts of waste end-of-life tyres for recovery by baling, shredding, peeling, shaving or granulating.
The U11 exemption allows you to spread waste on non-agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
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