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Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
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 carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Guidance to help maritime operators understand and meet their compliance obligations under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS).
When to use standing advice on site-specific flood risk assessments, and when to consult the Environment Agency.
How to apply for environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to assess and manage the risks from historic land contamination.
Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
Qualification, compliance and notification requirements for ESOS phase 4.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
Businesses such as joiners, gardeners and farmers can burn their own untreated wood and plant waste on a bonfire, at the place it was produced.
General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
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