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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
Types of waste and the maximum amounts you can use in building projects, landscaping or drainage works under a U1 exemption.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
When to use standing advice on site-specific flood risk assessments, and when to consult the Environment Agency.
UK organisations that are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging may need to get evidence of packaging waste recycling and pay disposal fees.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
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