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The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
Guidance and resources to help apply the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy for new projects opportunities.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
When you may need an environmental permit or licence for activities that could pollute, increase flood risk, affect land drainage or affect water resources. Check the rules and get advice before you start operating.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Register and pay for exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out if you qualify for ESOS and how to comply.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly.
Explains how the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy will work in practice for new project opportunities.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
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