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How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
Get the Environment Agency’s opinion on if a material is a by-product or meets 'end of waste' status. The service costs £125 an hour including VAT.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
List of exemptions for disposing of waste, for example depositing or burning it in certain ways. You must comply with the specific rules of each exemption.
The U11 exemption allows you to spread waste on non-agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
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.
Robert Surtees will pay fines and costs totalling almost £10,000 after failing to provide information about where 25,000 tonnes of waste was taken.
Consignee return spreadsheet for hazardous waste, including our privacy notice.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering environmental issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK
Arrange for the collection of garden waste by your council
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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