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How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering environmental issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK
Management systems, policies and checks you need in place at your MOT centre to make sure MOT testing is done to the right standard.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
How to find the right cleaning services for your school or multi-academy trust.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
The T1 waste exemption allows you to treat waste packaging so it can be reused in its original form or becomes clean waste suitable for recycling.
Your local council is responsible for sweeping streets and removing litter - report any problems to your local council
Fifty-six councils across the UK to receive funding totalling more than £1.2 million to target chewing gum stains
New Community Payback teams to clean up fly-tipping or vandalism within 48 hours.
Government expands plan to tackle storm overflows, including all coastal and estuary sites .
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
Guidance on oil spills
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
We have identified an opportunity to improve current arrangements for the regulation of nuclear sites in the final stages of decommissioning and clean-up.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
The use of chemicals to clean algae and other deposits off slipways and marine structures can cause pollution.
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