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How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
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.
How to categorise and rate individual materials under the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM).
How to register with the environmental regulator if your organisation is obligated under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, deadlines for registration and registration fees.
How to stay on the right side of consumer law when making green claims about goods and services.
UK organisations that are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging may need to get evidence of packaging waste recycling and pay disposal fees.
Templates for the summary logs that reprocessors and exporters need to produce under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
Read additional information that clarifies the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) if you’re an obligated producer of household packaging waste under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Almost £5 billion of funding is available to help UK businesses become greener as part of the government’s commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
A short explainer to the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) Green Claims Code, covering what businesses need to know about responsibility for environmental claims in supply chains.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to apply for mandatory registration and voluntary accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter of packaging waste – includes how to comply with requirements and technical information.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
The Capacity Market Rules provide the detail for implementing the operating framework set out in regulations.
Create a label for an energy-related product (ErP) that you make or sell to UK customers, for example white goods, boilers and other household appliances.
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