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Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station.
Standard rules to use waste in a deposit for recovery operations (construction, reclamation, restoration or improvement of land other than by mobile plant).
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can store and treat hazardous waste cable without the correct waste codes on your permit or exemption.
Guidance on the application of the regulations and the administrative procedures that will be used by government in reaching justification decisions.
What businesses need to do to import ‘relevant’ nuclear materials into the UK.
The T13 exemption allows you to recover waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.
The U12 exemption allows landscapers, farmers and growers to spread mulch as a protective covering onto land around trees, bushes or plants.
The U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
Standard rules SR2015 No 10: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment and asbestos storage.
Standard rules SR2015 No 23: treatment of waste wood for recovery.
The D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
The T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
The Waste Operations division of Nuclear Waste Services manages the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria and ensures that lower activity waste is managed effectively across the UK.
Principles setting out what the Environment Agency expects from permit holders carrying out radioactive substances activities.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Guidance on the application of EN 14181 and BS EN 13284-2 .
Standard rules to operate inert and excavation waste transfer station.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
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