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Environment Agency regulatory position on completing waste transfer and consignment notes when business waste is deposited at a takeback point.
Your responsibilities to check equipment for fluorinated gas (F gas) leaks.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
When you must report the amount of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) you place on the market and how to do it.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales complete the annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.
Environment Agency regulatory position on large producers stopping producer functions and the requirement to register and report data.
Explains how the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy will work in practice for new project opportunities.
Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
The appropriate measures for waste storage and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment or transfer of waste batteries.
Find out what you must include in an air dispersion modelling report to get an environmental permit.
How to import, export, or manufacture pre-charged equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Great Britain.
The environmental permitting requirements for landfills for inert waste and how to comply with your permit.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Find out how to express the mass of a fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent to comply with regulations on F gases.
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.
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