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Rules you must follow to use a food or drink name registered and protected by a UK geographical indication (GI) scheme, and penalties if you do not comply.
T13 exemption allows you to recover waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.
T14 exemption allows you to recover oil from oil filters before they're crushed so they can be transported for recovery.
T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the badger gate item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the brick, stone or concrete sluice item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the creation of dead wood habitat on trees item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the parkland tree guard - welded steel item.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting e-bikes at waste treatment sites under a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) permit or T11 waste exemption.
Webinars about what you can do to protect the health and welfare of animals you keep or work with from notifiable and reportable animal diseases.
Criteria for the Environment Agency to use when enforcing the Farming Rules for Water, particularly for autumn and winter applications of organic manures.
This programme supports the development of innovative artificial intelligence technologies for decarbonisation applications to support the transition to net zero.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination when native species are not available.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn waste wood during community events such as Guy Fawkes’ bonfires and Scout and Guide campfires.
Updated guidance for risk management authorities (RMAs) and project teams on how to use the PF calculator 2020 when developing FCERM projects.
Supplementary guidance on the rules about changing ownership of land under a Forestry Commission grant scheme.
How to comply with your environmental permit: technical guidance for managing clinical waste.
Special consent provisions for National Trust Commons, these are subject to laws which are different from section 38 of the Commons Act 2006.
Type of circumstances in which consent would/would not be needed to construct car parks, access roads, tracks and footpaths.
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