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How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste in England.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Explains how the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy will work in practice for new project opportunities.
North East rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
Checklists to help you prepare for flooding.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
These are the appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring chemical waste.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales complete the annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.
Guidelines for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales as to how to prepare, publish and maintain their DWMP.
Regulations that brewers and contract brewers must comply with when producing beer to sell.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
How UK environment agencies assess noise, legal requirements for managing noise, noise impact assessments and noise management plans. This replaces H3 guidance.
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