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Environment Agency regulatory position on how to classify excavated waste from street works and utility works when you cannot take samples before excavation.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
As a risk management authority (RMA) use appraisal guidance and supporting information when preparing a proposal, strategy or business case.
How to comply with emission limit values (ELVs) for hydrogen combustion plant greater than 1 megawatt thermal input (MWth).
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
SR2010 No 12: treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
Find the areas covered by the different river basin districts.
The Environment Agency and lead local flood authorities will use the maps to prepare the flood risk management plans from 2021 to 2027.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Apply to be a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme and operate legally under your approval.
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
How to import, export, or manufacture pre-charged equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Great Britain.
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