This guidance applies to operators that accept any amount of combustible waste.This guidance may also apply to storing combustible waste that takes...

This guidance does not apply to: landfilling biowaste treatment (wet anaerobic digestion) biowaste use (land spreading) This guidance also does not...

Combustible waste includes: paper or cardboard plastics rags and textiles scrap metals contaminated or mixed with other waste such as oils or plast...

Your fire prevention plan forms part of your management system. It sets out the fire prevention measures and procedures you must put in place and u...

Your fire prevention plan must set out all the measures you will put in place to reduce the risk of a fire breaking out.You must identify all the p...

You should understand common causes of fire and the measures you can take to reduce the risk. Some of these risks may not apply to your site or the...

Many materials can self-combust under certain conditions. Self-combustion happens when a material which can self-heat generates heat at a faster ra...

If you manage waste piles carefully, you will: help prevent the risk of self-combustion limit the scale of a fire if one breaks out You must: minim...

Maximum pile sizes do not apply for these types of waste. 10.1 Whole ELVs You must set out in your fire prevention plan how you will store ELVs. Ea...