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Find contact numbers and email addresses for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste.
Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
Find out when and how to apply for CSHT funding from 2025 and how to manage your agreement.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
How to register if you keep up to 49 birds, including any you keep as pets.
Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
Funding for local authorities to deliver energy performance and low carbon heating upgrades to low-income homes in England.
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.
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.
What flood alerts and flood warnings mean and what you should do when they're issued.
Sign in to your Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) installer account to apply for vouchers and track the progress of your applications.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
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.
The rules you must follow if you own an XL Bully dog in England and Wales.
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