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If you are required to apply for registration as a reprocessor or exporter of packaging waste under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, and to apply for optional accreditation, you must submit a sampling an…
How the Environment Agency charges for activities that need an environmental permit and the charges you must pay.
U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
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 stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Information on the lock keeper service on the River Thames.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
How climate change agreements (CCAs) work, who is eligible and which sector associations hold a CCA.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
South East byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
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