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Types of waste and the maximum amounts you can use in building projects, landscaping or drainage works under a U1 exemption.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
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.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
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.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Details of fees and charges including information on how to pay.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
When you can get permission to trap or remove crayfish in England, how to apply, and rules to follow.
T28 waste exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. T28 exemptions are free of charge.
How to assess and manage the risks from historic land contamination.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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