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All environmental topics
- Air pollution from furnaces, boilers and bonfires
Guidance on the key requirements of clean air legislation.
- Animal by-products
Guidance for businesses that collect, transport, store, handle, process and use or dispose of animal by-products.
- Assess the life cycle of your products or services
Guidance for all businesses on how to minimise the impact on the environment of your products or services during their life cycle.
- Climate change
Guidance on what you can do to reduce your business’ impact on the climate. This includes guidance on the climate change levy, climate change agreements and emissions trading.
- Contaminated land
Guidance on how you can identify contaminated land and who is responsible for cleaning it up.
- Control of major accident hazards (COMAH)
Guidance on legislation that aims to prevent major accidents and limit the consequences of any that do occur.
- Duty of care - your waste responsibilities
Guidance on the duty of care, which applies to all businesses that produce waste.
- End-of-life vehicles
Guidance on the end-of-life vehicle legislation for vehicle manufacturers, vehicle owners and waste sites.
- Energy efficiency
Guidance on reducing energy use.
- Energy labelling and energy efficient design
Guidance on energy efficiency labelling and energy efficient design for manufacturers and retailers of electrical appliances.
- Environmental management systems and environmental reports
Guidance on environmental management systems (EMS) and reporting on your business’s environmental performance. EMS include ISO 14001, EMAS and BS 8555.
- Environmental permits
Guidance on environmental permitting for businesses in England and Wales.
- Hazardous/special waste
Guidance on the storage, handling and disposal of waste that is hazardous or dangerous.
- Import and export of waste
Guidance on the shipment of waste across national boundaries.
- Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and other invasive weeds
Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and Himalayan balsam guidance for businesses.
- Landfill
Guidance on landfill for waste producers and landfill site operators
- Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC) and Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC)
Guidance on the LAPC and LAPPC pollution control regimes, which control emissions to air from industry. Industry is required to use the best available techniques.
- Manufacture and use of chemicals - Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH)
Guidance on the REACH Regulation for manufacturers, importers and users of chemicals.
- Nature conservation
Guidance on species, habitat, landscape and built environment conservation - who are the regulators and how can it affect your business?
- Noise, odour and other nuisances
Guidance on statutory nuisance, including noise, odour, dust, pests and artificial lighting.
- Oil storage
Guidance on storing oil in tanks, intermediate bulk containers, oil drums and mobile bowsers.
- Ozone depleting substances
Guidance on the production, transport, sale, recovery, recycling and destruction of substances that have an adverse impact on the ozone layer.
- Packaging
Guidance on the legislation relating to packaging waste.
- Pesticides and biocides
Guidelines for those who store, supply, advertise, sell or use pesticides, plant protection products or biocidal (pest control) products.
- Pollution prevention and control permits
Guidance on the requirements of pollution prevention and control (PPC) and local air pollution control (LAPC) in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- Radioactive substances and wastes
Guidance for keeping and using radioactive materials, and accumulating and disposing of radioactive wastes.
- Recycling your business waste
Guidance on how to recycle your business waste.
- Restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
Guidance on the regulations limiting the amounts of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
- Solvent emissions
Guidance on legal requirements and good practice for using and storing organic solvents.
- Trade effluent - discharges to sewers
Guidance on the discharge of liquid wastes to public sewers.
- Vehicle use and emissions
Guidance on vehicle use and emissions for any business that operates motor vehicles.
- Waste carriers, brokers and dealers
Guidance on the registrations required for certain waste carriers, brokers and dealers.
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Guidance on what to do with your waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
- Waste incineration
Guidance on the provisions of the Waste Incineration Regulations and other legislation related to the incineration of waste
- Waste management licensing
Guidance on the licences required to deposit, store, treat and dispose of waste in Northern Ireland and Scotland
- Waste minimisation
Guidance on minimising waste by reducing raw material use, making more from less and reducing the volume and hazard of emissions to air, land and water.
- Water pollution
Guidance on the legislation designed to prevent the pollution of surface waters and groundwater
- Water use and efficiency
Guidance for businesses that use, abstract or impound groundwater or surface water. Also guidance on how to use water more efficiently to save you money.
