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Guidance and templates on how to complete a site condition report under Environmental permitting regulations (EPR).
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
For each activity there is a set of rules and a risk assessment.
The CMA is investigating how products and services claiming to be 'eco-friendly' are being marketed, and whether consumers could be being misled.
The Environment Agency works to create better places for people and wildlife, and supports sustainable development. EA is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs , supported by 1 public body .
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.
Environmental permitting technical guidance for your activity.
Find out what livestock records Environmental Stewardship agreement holders need to keep.
Discover more about airborne allergens, air quality, water quality and other environmental exposures such as chemicals and radiation. These pages are under development and some topics are not yet available.
Foresight project looking at how the built environment could change to help manage the move to sustainable, low carbon energy systems.
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