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D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
T5 exemption allows you to temporarily treat waste on a small scale to produce aggregate or soil at a particular location, such as a construction or demolition site.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
Understand what drinks businesses need to do under the Deposit Return Scheme from 1 October 2027.
This code of practice outlines what a court of law might consider as applicable to different types of land.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
Non-nuclear radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, types of permits, how to apply, change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
Types of waste and maximum amounts you can use for spreading as mulch to benefit land around trees, bushes or plants, under U12 waste exemption.
Find out how to prepare written assessments to collect paper and card with other dry recyclables. Assessments will be required from March 2025 or March 2026, depending where you collect from.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households. Â
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
T10 exemption allows small organisations, such as charities, to sort recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste institutional mattresses containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
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