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How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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.
Information on the UK government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) by assessing and endorsing the global corporate reporting baseline of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Outcome of Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 which commenced on 24 July 2025.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
Use a certificate of free sale to export or move products for human consumption and products for animal consumption.
Find the latest Climate Change Levy and Carbon Price Support rates for energy providers.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Find producers, compliance schemes and reprocessors and exporters who are subject to extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Guidance to landlords of privately rented non-domestic property on complying with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).
List of all operators registered and accredited under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to assess and manage the risks from historic land contamination.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
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