Waste permits, exemptions and registrations

Waste permits, exemptions and registrations—content

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Environmental permits for waste

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Waste permits, exemptions and registrations—framework—looks at the framework for environmental permitting in the waste sector and the relevant exemptions and registrations. It outlines permitting requirements for waste operations, small waste incineration plant and mining waste operations. It covers exemptions from permitting requirements, including non-Waste Framework Directive exemptions. Finally, it looks at the registration requirements for waste carriers under the Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988 and the obligation to register hazardous waste under the Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/1360
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Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016—waste installations, waste operations and exempt waste operations—considers the history of waste permitting, regulated waste activities and what amounts to a waste installation, a waste operation, and an exempt waste operation. It also considers the difference between waste disposal and waste recovery, and those waste related activities which do not require an environmental permit
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Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016—mining waste operations—looks at the implementation of the Mining Waste

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