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Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
Unofficial list of waste description codes listed in annexes to the WSR.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
Guidance on interpreting the legislation on radioactive substances in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
The T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat end-of-life tyres for the purpose of waste recovery.
Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Guidance on the application of EN 14181 and BS EN 13284-2 .
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.
Guidance on sampling methods and methodologies for materials facility operators, including information about sampling areas, equipment, schedules and compliance
Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
The D3 exemption allows the burial of waste from a portable toilet, to avoid long-distance transportation of small quantities of waste to sewage treatment works.
Exemption, notification, registering and licensing of radioactive substances and radiation generators in the UK.
The S3 waste exemption lets you store sewage sludge at a site where it will be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.
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