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For a facility with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing suspended solids at construction sites.
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of additional waste codes to store, treat or spread sewage sludge and septic tank sludge to land.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
The requirements for packaging HHGW
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
For operators of a small metal recycling facility accepting no more than 5,000 tonnes of waste each year with no more than 100 tonnes on site at any one time.
Developing new waste management capability and opportunities to work group-wide as part of a broader integration programme to underpin the NDA’s and nation’s strategy of a more joined-up approach to waste management.
When you can store and dewater street sweeping waste without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
Where and how to contact Nuclear Waste Services
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected WEEE.
The requirements for packaging LHGW
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
For facilities with a treatment capacity of no more than 75 tonnes a day that accept no more than 35,000 tonnes a year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste glass containing other non-hazardous wastes.
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).
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