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When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households. Â
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
UKHSA reviewed recent evidence on the potential health effects from municipal waste incinerator emissions. This work builds on previously carried out evidence reviews.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.
A permanent solution for the UK's higher-activity radioactive waste
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily exceed the waste storage limits in your environmental permit.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on how to classify excavated waste from street works and utility works when you cannot take samples before excavation.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
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