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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 when you can temporarily exceed the waste storage limits in your environmental permit.
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 apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale and self-managed organisational waste data for 2024 and 2025.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
T12 exemption allows you to sort, repair, refurbish or dismantle waste for reuse or recovery.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Information on waste codes and descriptions to use when landspreading to improve soil health.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion treatment capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes each year.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
This page contains Nuclear Waste ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôº (NWS) Waste Package Specifications and Guidance for waste packages destined for geological disposal.
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