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How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Under the duty set out in the Environment Act 2021, ministers and policy makers must consider the environmental impact of new policies.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
What happens when the Environment Agency stops maintaining a flood or coastal erosion defence, how to challenge the decision and how to manage your risk afterwards.
Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
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