Business and the environment

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Services

• Hazardous waste: consignee returns spreadsheet

  Consignee return spreadsheet for hazardous waste, including our privacy notice.

• Application for an environmental permit: part A about you

  Complete if you are applying for a new permit, or to change or transfer an existing permit.

• Application for an environmental permit: part B2 new bespoke permit

  Complete if you are applying for a new bespoke permit.

• Annex VII document for waste that falls under article 18 (green list) controls

  Information that must go with waste that falls under article 18 (green list) controls when shipping the waste.

• Application for an environmental permit: part B6 bespoke water discharge activity, groundwater activity, or point source emission to water from an installation

  Complete if you are applying for a new bespoke permit.

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Guidance and regulation

• Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do
  • Detailed guide
  • 17 October 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
• Access the public register for environmental information
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 January 2023
  • Environment Agency
• Recyclability assessment methodology: how to assess your packaging waste
  • Detailed guide
  • 23 December 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, and Natural Resources Wales
• Waste: environmental permits
  • Detailed guide
  • 15 August 2024
  • Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Packaging data: what to collect for extended producer responsibility
  • Detailed guide
  • 17 October 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency

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News and communications

• Plan to tackle greedy ticket touts and give power back to fans
  • 10 January 2025
  • Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • Press release
• CMA response to Northern Ireland Department for the Economy support for low carbon heating in the residential sector consultation
  • 9 January 2025
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Correspondence
• New protections for British food and drink in Japan
  • 22 December 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Department for Business and Trade
  • Press release
• GDA Step 1 of the GE-Hitachi SMR: statement of findings
  • 17 December 2024
  • Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, and Office for Nuclear Regulation
  • Decision
• Water companies to be forced to double compensation for failures
  • 17 December 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Construction products supply chain
  • 7 January 2025
  • Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • Research
• Capacity Market: 10-year review (2019 to 2024)
  • 16 December 2024
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Research
• Construction product incident data
  • 10 December 2024
  • Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • Research
• The Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024: RPC opinion (green rated)
  • 10 December 2024
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• Prostaglandin analogues in cosmetics
  • 5 December 2024
  • Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Applying Environment Act 2021 civil sanctions
  • 8 January 2025
  • Environment Agency
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 05 March 2025
• Raising product standards for space heating
  • 17 December 2024
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 25 March 2025
• Capacity Market: proposals to modernise Rules and improve participation and delivery assurance of consumer-led flexibility
  • 16 December 2024
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 17 February 2025
• EPR for packaging: how local authority payments are calculated
  • 20 December 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Policy paper
• Capacity Market: consumer-led flexibility
  • 16 December 2024
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Open call for evidence

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• National Energy System Operator framework document
  • 6 January 2025
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Corporate report
• Nuclear Decommisioning Authority: supply chain charter
  • 20 December 2024
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Closed organisation: Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Closed organisation: Dounreay , Closed organisation: Magnox Ltd, and Closed organisation: Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
  • Corporate report
• Statutory security of supply report: 2024
  • 19 December 2024
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Ofgem
  • Corporate report
• Contracts for Difference and Capacity Market scheme update 2024
  • 10 December 2024
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Corporate report
• Sellafield Ltd Annual Review of Environmental Performance 2023/24
  • 8 November 2024
  • Sellafield Ltd
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Business & Trade
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street

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• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• HM Revenue & Customs
• HM Treasury
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Department for Transport
• Ministry of Defence
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Intellectual Property Office
• Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Northern Ireland Office
• Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning
• Small Business Commissioner
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Department for Education
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Government Actuary's Department
• Government Office for Technology Transfer
• Government Property Agency
• The Insolvency Service
• Mining Remediation Authority
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
• Planning Inspectorate
• Pubs Code Adjudicator
• Rural Payments Agency
• Scotland Office
• UK Export Finance
• UK Health Security Agency

• Environment Agency
• Sellafield Ltd
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Competition and Markets Authority
• Nuclear Restoration Services
• Natural England
• Great British Energy
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Great British Nuclear
• Nuclear Waste Services
• UK Space Agency
• Forestry Commission
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• Government Chemist
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
• Office for Life Sciences
• Regulatory Policy Committee

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