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Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use asphalt waste without an environmental permit.
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.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
How to report a business or organisation that is not separating or collecting recyclable waste in line with the Simpler Recycling rules.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale and self-managed organisational waste data for 2024 and 2025.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
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Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
This page contains Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Waste Package Specifications and Guidance for waste packages destined for geological disposal.
T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
Environment Agency regulatory position on burning waste particle board off-cuts (waste code 03 01 05) as a fuel in a small appliance.
Information you must provide in your application to deploy mobile plant for landspreading waste. How you must operate under your approved deployment.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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