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Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Calculate the annual nitrogen and phosphorus emissions from your livestock. Report the data to the Environment Agency.
How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
Guidelines for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales as to how to prepare, publish and maintain their DWMP.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale, self-managed organisational waste and plastic and paper bags data for 2024 and 2025.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable waste.
These are appropriate measures for emissions control for a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
Distances between locks on the River Thames and measurements restricting navigation.
How UK environment agencies assess noise, legal requirements for managing noise, noise impact assessments and noise management plans. This replaces H3 guidance.
End of waste criteria for the production and use of aggregates from inert waste.
You can use this tool to find out what controls apply to exporting you waste from England to its destination country.
Non-nuclear radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, types of permits, how to apply, change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
How to monitor and assess odorous emissions in your permitted activity.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
You can report serious concerns about your employer to us, if you suspect wrongdoing in an area we regulate.
How your environmental permit tells you to manage odour pollution.
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