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Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
When to use hydrological and hydraulic modelling as part of a flood risk assessment for a planning application, and the expected standards.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
These are the appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring healthcare waste.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
Your responsibilities to check equipment for fluorinated gas (F gas) leaks.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
Use this service to view and share your licence information and to submit abstraction returns. Find out about water abstraction alerts.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
How to appeal a regulatory decision from the Environment Agency or challenge them if they fail to act in line with the Regulators’ Code.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
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