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What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
Exemption, notification, registering and licensing of radioactive substances and radiation generators in the UK.
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.
Guidance for designated collection facilities (DCF) and charities on how to comply with WEEE and waste regulations.
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is gathering information to understand if the current Search Areas could be suitable to host a GDF.
When you must report the amount of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) you place on the market and how to do it.
Putting geological disposal into context
Guidance on interpreting the legislation on radioactive substances in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Standard rules to operate mobile plant for land spreading and deployment form.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station.
If you comply with the requirements in this regulatory position statement (RPS) you do not need an environmental permit for the final use of asphalt waste containing coal tar in construction operations.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
This page contains Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Waste Package Specifications and Guidance for waste packages destined for geological disposal.
Apply to become an approved exporter (AE) and operate legally under the approval.
The T10 exemption allows small organisations, such as charities, to sort recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.
The 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.
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