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How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Sellafield Ltd is committed to keeping the public informed about operations on the Sellafield site.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
How to register to move animal by-products (ABPs) safely, how they should be moved, and the paperwork you need.
What you must do if you are a wholesaler or reseller selling fluorinated gas (F gas) in cylinders or equipment.
How to prevent dangerous goods from leaking in machinery or equipment while they are being transported (note 11).
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
The T31 exemption allows airports to filter and distill waste aircraft antifreeze fluid to recover monopropylene glycol.
The T14 exemption allows you to recover oil from oil filters before they're crushed so they can be transported for recovery.
The T19 exemption allows small-scale physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oils and fat to produce fuel.
The T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
Information for consumers.
The T33 exemption allows you to filter central heating oil from disused tanks so that it can be reused.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
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