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The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out if you qualify for ESOS and how to comply.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
Find out when you need to do a flood risk assessment as part of your planning application, how to complete one and how it's processed.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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