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| View | Waste Management The Duty of Care - A Code of Practice (NI) |
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| View | Waste Management The Duty of Care- A Code of Practice |
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| View | Packaging Compliance Schemes' Voluntary Code of Practice |
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BIS |
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| View | Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations |
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DEFRA |
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| View | Controls on Animal By-Products |
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View | Construction Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of Soils on Construction Sites |
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| View | Guidance on applying the Waste Hierarchy |
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| View | National Waste Strategy 2007 - England |
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| View | Core Guidance for Environmental Permitting |
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| View | Radioactive Substances Guidance for Environmental Permitting |
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| View | Guidance on the scope of and exemptions from the radioactive substances legislation in the UK |
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| View | Guidance on applying the waste hierarchy to hazardous waste |
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| View | Guidance: Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 |
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| View | Guidance on Mixing Hazardous Waste |
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DOENI |
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| View | Guidance on applying the waste hierarchy |
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| View | Duty of Care: Controlled Waste Transfer Note for Agricultural (Northern Ireland) |
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| View | Duty of Care: Controlled Waste Transfer Note (Northern Ireland) |
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| View | Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Guidance On Low Risk Activities |
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Environment Agency - Standard rules |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No27 - mobile plant for the treatment of soils and contaminated material, substances or products |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No26 - animal carcass incinerator (pet crematorium) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No25 - clinical waste & healthcare waste treatment and transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No24 - clinical waste & healthcare waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No23 - waste electrical and electronic equipment authorised treatment facility (ATF) excluding ozone-depleting substances |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No22 - storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No21 - metal recycling site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No20 - vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No19 - non-hazardous sludge biological, chemical and physical treatment site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No18 - non-hazardous mechanical biological (aerobic) treatment facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No18 - Storage and treatment of dredgings for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No17 - composting in closed vessels |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No17 - Storage of digestate from anaerobic digestion plants (storage of digestate in containers or lagoons) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No16 - composting in open windrows |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No16 - On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No15 - materials recycling facility (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No15 - Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No14 - materials recycling facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No14 - Composting biodegradable waste (in open and contained systems) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No13 - non-hazardous & hazardous household waste amenity site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No13 - Use of waste to manufacture timber or construction products |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No12 - non-hazardous household waste amenity site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No12 - Treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No11 - inert and excavation waste transfer station with treatment |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No11 - Mobile plant for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No10 - inert and excavation waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No10 - Use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land (up to 100,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No9 - asbestos waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No9 - Use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land (up to 50,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No8 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment & asbestos storage (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No8 - the management of inert wastes and unpolluted soil resulting from the prospecting, extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources and the working of quarries, at mines and quarries |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No8 - Use of waste in construction (up to 100,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No7 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment & asbestos storage |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No7 - storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No7 - Use of waste in construction (up to 50,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No6 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station & asbestos storage (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No6 - inert and excavation waste transfer station with treatment |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No6 - Mobile plant for landspreading of sewage sludge (land treatment resulting in benefit) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No5 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station & asbestos storage |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No5 - inert and excavation waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No5 - Mobile plant for the reclamation, restoration or improvement of land |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No4 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No4 - Combustion of biogas in engines at a sewage treatment works |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No4 - Mobile plant for landspreading (land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No4 - Treatment of waste wood for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No3 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No3 - Low Impact Part A Installation for the production of Biodiesel |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No3 - discharge to surface water: secondary treated domestic sewage with a maximum daily volume between 5 and 20 cubic metres per day |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No3 - vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No2 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No2 - Low Impact Part A Installation |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No2 - discharge to surface water: cooling water and heat exchangers |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No2 - metal recycling site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No1 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No1 - Pet cemetery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No1 - Composting biodegradable waste (in open and contained systems) |
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| View | Standard rules - Index |
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Environment Agency Documents |
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| View | T33 - Recovery of central heating oil by filtration |
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| View | T32 - Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter |
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| View | T31 - Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids |
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| View | T30 - Recovery of silver |
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| View | T29 - Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal |
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| View | T28 - Sorting and denaturing of controlled drugs for disposal |
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| View | T27 - Treatment of sheep dip for disposal |
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| View | T26 - Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery |
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| View | T25 - Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas |
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| View | T24 - Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas |
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| View | T23 - Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment |
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| View | T21 - Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works |
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| View | T20 - Treatment of waste at a water treatment works |
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| View | T19 - Physical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel |
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| View | T18 - Dewatering using flocculants |
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| View | T17 - Crushing waste fluorescent tubes |
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| View | T16 - Treatment of waste toner cartridges by sorting, dismantling, cleaning or refilling |
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| View | T14 - Crushing and emptying vehicle waste oil filters |
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| View | T13 - Treatment of waste food |
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| View | T12 - Manual treatment of waste |
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| View | T10 - Sorting mixed waste |
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| View | T9 - Recovery of scrap metal |
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| View | T8 - Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres |
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| View | T5 - Screening and blending of waste |
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| View | T2 - Recovery of textiles |
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| View | T1 - Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste |
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| View | U16 - Use of depolluted end-of-life vehicles for vehicle parts |
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| View | U15 - Pig and poultry ash |
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| View | U13 - Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit |
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| View | U12 - Use of Mulch |
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| View | U9 - Use of waste to manufacture finished goods |
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| View | Guidance on Financial Provision for Landfill |
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| View | U8 - Use of waste for a specified purpose |
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| View | Guidance for monitoring landfill gas engine emissions |
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| View | U7 - Use of effluent to clean a highway gravel bed |
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| View | Guidance on monitoring landfill gas surface emissions |
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| View | U6 - Use of sludge for the purposes of re-seeding a waste water treatment plant |
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| View | Guidance on gas treatment technologies for landfill gas engines |
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| View | U5 - Use of waste-derived biodiesel as fuel |
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| View | Guidance for monitoring enclosed landfill gas flares |
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| View | U4 - Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance |
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| View | Guidance for monitoring trace components in landfill gas |
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| View | U3 - Use of waste in the construction of entertainment or educational installations etc |
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| View | LFE7 - Using nonwoven protector geotextiles in landfill engineering |
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View | Waste portable batteries delivered to battery collection points |
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| View | LFE 4 - Earthworks in landfill engineering |
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| View | The surrender of permits for the permanent deposit of waste |
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| View | Treatment of waste for landfill |
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| View | Monitoring frequencies and non-compliance recording |
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| View | LFE1 - Our approach to landfill engineering |
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| View | Guidance on the management of landfill gas |
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| View | Groundwater trigger levels, minimum reporting values and limits of detection |
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| View | Waste Transfer Note |
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| View | SEPA Waste Transfer Note |
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| View | Record Keeping |
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| View | Consignment Notes |
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| View | Pollution Prevention Pays: Getting your site right |
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| View | Mobile Services |
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| View | What is a Hazardous Waste? |
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| View | Hazardous Waste |
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| View | Do I need to notify my premises? |
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| View | How to register your premises |
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| View | Packaging Amendment Regulations 2010 |
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| View | New arrangements for accredited exporters of UK packaging waste to demonstrate 'broadly equivalent' standards overseas |
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| View | Agreed positions and technical interpretations - producer responsibility for packaging |
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| View | How to apply for an accreditation to reprocess or export UK waste packaging |
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| View | Incapacity in relation to producers of packaging |
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| View | How to register as a producer of packaging using the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) |
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| View | How to issue ePRNs and ePERNs using the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) |
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| View | How to carry out waste recording and submit quarterly returns using National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) |
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| View | How Compliance Schemes should submit data to the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) |
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| View | How to submit certificates of compliance, statements of compliance, and revised operational plans using the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) |
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| View | How to apply for accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter of packaging waste using the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) |
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| View | How to register as a producer of packaging: guidance notes |
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| View | Guidance on operational plans for compliance schemes and producers |
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| View | U1 - Use of waste in construction |
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| View | U2 - Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction |
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| View | U10 - Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit |
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| View | U11 - Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefit |
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| View | U14 - Incorporation of ash into soil |
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| View | T4 - Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc) |
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| View | T6 - Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising |
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| View | T11 - Repair or refurbishment of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) |
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| View | T15 - Treatment of waste aerosol cans |
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| View | S1 - Storage of waste in secure containers |
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| View | S2 - Storage of waste in a secure place |
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| View | S3 - Storage of sludge |
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| View | D1 - Deposit of waste from dredging of inland waters |
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| View | D2 - Deposit of waste from a railway sanitary convenience |
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| View | D3 - Deposit of waste from a portable sanitary convenience |
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| View | D4 - Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health Notice |
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| View | D5 - Depositing samples of waste for the purposes of testing or analysing them |
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| View | D6 - Disposal by incineration |
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| View | D7 - Burning waste in the open |
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| View | D8 - Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health Notice |
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| View | Waste acceptance at landfills |
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| View | Guidance on sampling and testing of wastes to meet landfill waste acceptance procedures |
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| View | Guidance on Monitoring of Landfill Leachate, Groundwater and Surface Water |
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| View | Continuous monitoring on landfill sites |
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| View | LFE 2 - Cylinder testing geomembranes and their protective materials |
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| View | LFE3 - Using geosynthetic clay liners in landfill engineering |
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| View | LFE5 - Using geomembranes in landfill engineering |
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| View | LFE6 - Guidance on using landfill cover materials |
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| View | LFE8 - Geophysical testing of geomembranes used in landfills |
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| View | LFE9 - Compliance testing earthworks on landfill sites using nuclear density gauges |
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| View | LFE10 - Using bentonite enriched soils in landfill engineering |
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| View | Guidance on Landfill Gas Flaring |
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| View | Hydrogeological Risk Assessments for Landfills and the Derivation of Groundwater Control Levels and Compliance Limits |
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View | A guide to when electrical and electronic equipment is considered waste and the controls that apply |
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Government Document |
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| View | UK Standard Industrial Classification 2007 |
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| View | UK Standard Industrial Classification 2003 |
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| View | Towards Zero Waste |
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| View | Scotland's Zero Waste Plan |
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| View | Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy 2006 - 2020 |
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NIEA |
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| View | The Classification of Hazardous Waste |
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| View | Small Quantities of Hazardous Waste Produced During Maintenance Activities |
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| View | A Guide to Consigning Hazardous Waste in Northern Ireland |
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| View | The controls on Hazardous Waste & how they affect you |
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| View | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) |
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| View | Waste Asbestos |
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| View | Do you produce waste oils? |
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PPG |
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| PPG1 | General guide to the prevention of pollution |
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| PPG3 | Use and design of oil separators in surface water drainage systems |
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| PPG5 | Works and maintenance in or near water |
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| PPG6 | Pollution prevention guidance for working at construction and demolition sites |
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| PPG8 | Safe storage and disposal of used oils |
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| PPG18 | Managing fire water and major spillages |
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| PPG21 | Incident Response Planning |
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| PPG22 | Dealing with spills |
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| PPG26 | Drums and intermediate bulk containers |
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| PPG27 | Installation, decommissioning and removal of underground storage tanks |
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Quality Protocol |
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| View | End of waste criteria for the production and use of processed fuel oil from waste lubricating oils |
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SEPA |
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| View | Habitats Regulations and the Landfill Regulations Guidance |
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| View | The Disposal in Landfills for Non-Hazardous Waste Of Asbestos, Wastes |
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| View | Closure, restoration and aftercare plan for submission to SEPA |
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| View | A Guide to Consigning Special Waste |
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| View | Mixing and Stabilisation of Hazardous (Special) Wastes |
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| View | The Disposal in Landfills for Non-Hazardous Waste Of Stable, Non-Reactive Hazardous Wastes |
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| View | The Disposal in Landfills for Non-Hazardous Waste of Gypsum Wastes |
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| View | Closure Procedures for Landfill Sites currently operating under Waste Management Licences |
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