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How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland to Great Britain…
The summary tables on this page show the Border Target Operating Model…
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Information on the UK government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) by assessing and endorsing the global corporate reporting baseline of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
Almost £5 billion of funding is available to help UK businesses become greener as part of the government’s commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Find the latest Climate Change Levy and Carbon Price Support rates for energy providers.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
Guidance to landlords of privately rented non-domestic property on complying with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).
How to assess and manage the risks from land contamination.
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.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
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