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Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
What you need to do when you start planning your landfill site.
Standard rules for temporary scaffolding affecting up to 20 metres length of a main river.
Qualification, compliance and notification requirements for ESOS.
As a risk management authority (RMA) you can appraise your FCERM project, prepare your business case and submit it for technical and financial approval.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Information for boaters on the River Nene.
Requirements for businesses that operate or service electrical switchgear that contains sulphur hexaflouride (SF6).
Apply for a licence to introduce, keep or farm non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish.
Standard rules for discharges to surface water.
How to calculate the incinerator’s energy efficiency factor so you can apply for and keep R1 recovery status.
Fluorinated gases (F gas) that you must not use to refill equipment.
U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
This guide explains the problems and risks which may come from extreme weather, how to mitigate them and how you can make your reservoir more resilient. You can read each section in isolation, or as a whole document.
Records you must keep about fluorinated gas (F gas) in your own equipment.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location.
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