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Guidance for living safely with respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
Guidance for people who have been diagnosed with a mpox infection and who have been advised to self-isolate at home.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
Check the tariff classification for surface-active preparation for washing the skin and the hair (gel 2-in-1).
How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.
The U7 exemption allows you to use effluent from water and waste water treatment plants to clean highway gravel beds where high-quality water is not needed.
Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for surface cleaning.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Midlands Region, Judge T N Jackson and Mr A McMurdo MSc, MCIEH on 9 November 2021
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.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Report damaged pavements to the local council - broken or missing slabs, removing weeds
Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
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