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How to assess and report B2C and B2B electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) products.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
This guidance is for any business or public body which generates, handles or treats waste.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
S3 waste exemption lets you store sewage sludge at a site where it will be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
D3 exemption allows the burial of waste from a portable toilet, to avoid long-distance transportation of small quantities of waste to sewage treatment works.
T8 exemption allows you to treat small amounts of waste end-of-life tyres for recovery by baling, shredding, peeling, shaving or granulating.
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.
Standard rules to use waste in a deposit for recovery operations (construction, reclamation, restoration or improvement of land other than by mobile plant).
Waste codes for common healthcare and related wastes.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by vehicle maintenance and dismantling activities.
How and when you can seize a vehicle to investigate a waste crime.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can treat and dispose of invasive non-native plant material without an environmental permit.
Waste codes for common packaging and domestic recyclable wastes.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
Guidance on interpreting the legislation on radioactive substances in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
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