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How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
The pollution inventory provides information about releases and transfers of substances from regulated industrial activities.
What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
This guide explains how impacts on noise should be incorporated into a cost benefit analysis.
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
Provides guidance on how planning can take account of the impact of new development on air quality.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
A tool to help local authorities estimate the burden of air pollution on the health care system.
A resource focusing on air pollution: sources, impacts and actions.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Process guidance notes (PG notes) on emission controls ('Part B' activities).
The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in the United Kingdom was created under Royal Warrant in 1970 to advise the Queen, Government, Parliament and the public on environmental issues.
The National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP) sets out measures and analysis for how emission reduction commitments can be met across the UK.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Forms for operators to report pollution inventory data.
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