Guidance and regulation

When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 19 April 2024

How to assess and manage the risks from land contamination.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 20 July 2023

How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 8 January 2024

How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 February 2022

Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2024

How the Environment Agency charges for activities that need an environmental permit and the charges you must pay.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 21 February 2024

How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 21 December 2023

Find out about exemptions or reliefs that apply to Climate Change Levy if you're a supplier or producer.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 4 August 2022

How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 24 November 2022

Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
• Updated: 12 December 2023

Guidance for businesses making environmental claims in the UK

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 20 September 2021

Use this service if you are a heat supplier in the UK applying for the Energy Bills Discount Scheme heat network support.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 31 January 2024

The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 9 February 2023

Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 31 January 2024

How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 14 February 2024

Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 11 June 2019

How to report releases and transfers from industrial activities that the Environment Agency regulates.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 19 April 2024

How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 21 February 2024

Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 3 May 2019

What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 11 January 2021