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The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
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.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.
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.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
When to use standing advice on site-specific flood risk assessments, and when to consult the Environment Agency.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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