Regulatory Position Statements

Anaerobic Digestion

• Compost and anaerobic digestate responsibilities
• Regulation of anaerobic digestion of waste
• Commissioning an anaerobic digester
• Operating an anaerobic digester
• Anaerobic digestion of agricultural manure and slurry

By-Products

• Fresh produce by-products from farms and food processing facilities
• Bakery, brewing and dairy by-products from food and drink processing facilities

Wood

• The environmental regulation of wood

Soils

• Regulation of Greenfield excavated materials in construction and development
• Testing regime for soils and wastes

Low Risk Activities

• Low risk construction activities
• Low risk waste activities
• Low risk activities

Tyres

• Used tyres – the risks and your responsibilities
• Reuse and recycling routes for waste tyres in Northern Ireland
• The management of waste tyres on farms

Asphalt / Coal tars

• The movement and use of treated asphalt waste containing coal tar
• Asphalt road planings

Waste Management Facilities

• EWC classification of mixed municipal waste leaving waste management facilities
• Reducing fire risk at sites storing waste and other combustible materials
• Technical Competence for Operators of Authorised Waste Facilities

Others

• Utilising additional quality protocols
• Separate collection of dry recyclables
• Short term storage of refuse derived fuel and solid recovered fuel at a dockside
• Reuse of materials
• Burial of rodents poisoned on farmland
• Restriction on the use of waste gypsum and plasterboard in animal bedding
• Requirements for charities and other organisations involved in the collection of used clothes
• Movements of small quantities of hazardous waste