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What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
How to record and report fluorinated gas (F gas) you produce, import, export or destroy in Great Britain.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
These are the appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring healthcare waste.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
Guidance on what 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management funding policy means by refurbishing existing assets, and new or improved projects and assets.
You can temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected. You do not need to register this exemption.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
When the MCP is exempt from meeting emission limit values (ELVs), which ELVs apply and the deadlines for meeting them.
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
What best available techniques are, when you must follow them, how to propose alternatives and how to refer to them in your application.
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