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Impacts of farming on the environment and mechanisms for improvement, plus future challenges and approaches.
Important messages The Environment Agency has estimated the pollution…
Summary of the work carried out by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food.
Chair’s foreword The Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF)…
This publication reports on the number of carrier bags dispensed in the 2025/26 financial year under the Carrier Bag Levy in Northern Ireland.
A summary of the data on single-use plastic carrier bags in England.
Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to air quality.
How the Environment Agency works with the agriculture sector to improve the water environment in England.
An annual update of data on concentrations of major air pollutants in the UK.
An annual update on concentrations of major air pollutants in the UK.
The UK’s material footprint captures the amount of domestic and foreign extraction of materials needed to produce the goods and services used by households, governments and charities in the UK.
The evidence of faecal contamination, sources of contamination and control measures.
Technical report and data on UK supplementary modelling assessment under the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010.
Explores how thermal flows, such as sea breezes or warm city air, can affect how air pollution is transported by the wind from industrial and waste sites.
Findings from the vehicle emissions testing done during 2024 to check vehicles conformed to European emission standards.
Findings from the vehicle emissions testing done during 2023 to check vehicles conformed to European emission standards.
Findings from the vehicle emissions testing done during 2022 to check vehicles conformed to European emission standards.
Findings from the vehicle emissions testing done during 2021 to check vehicles conformed to European emission standards.
Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.
An annual publication covering the emissions of some important air pollutants.
Annual update to tables on emissions of important air pollutants in the UK.
Estimates of greenhouse gas emissions using the Chow-Lin regression-based temporal disaggregation method.
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