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Environmental Topics
- Air pollution
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Authorisations, permits, licences and exemptions
- Authorisations - an overview
- Contact your environmental regulator
- Does your business need an authorisation?
- EASR authorisations in Scotland
- EASR industrial activities permits (formerly PPC permits) by sector in Scotland
- EASR waste authorisations in Scotland
- Forestry grants and licences
- Inland fisheries licensing
- Licences and registrations for fish and shellfish farms
- Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) Permits in Northern Ireland
- PPC Permits by sector in Northern Ireland
- Sea fisheries regulators and licencing
- Waste activities by sector in Northern Ireland
- Waste activities by sector in Scotland
- Waste exemptions by sector in Northern Ireland
- Waste management licences in Northern Ireland
- Water authorisations in Northern Ireland and Scotland - Overview
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Carbon reduction and efficiency
- Biofuels for transport
- Buying eco-friendly goods and services
- Cutting your carbon emissions
- Combined Heat and Power (CHP) benefits and opportunities for business
- The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy labelling and ecodesign of energy-related products
- Environmental tax obligations and breaks
- Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS)
- EU and UK Emissions Trading Scheme
- Generate renewable energy
- More about carbon reduction
- Towards a Circular Economy
- Deposit Return Scheme
- Case studies and videos
- Checklists
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Emergency response
- COMAH
- Environmental damage
- Manage flood risk
- Pollution incident response planning
- Firefighting
- Preventing major accidents at Category A facilities
- Retail and wholesale pollution incidents - Spills, leaks and accidents
- Spills on construction sites
- Pollution Incident Response Planning for Golf facilities
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Environmental management
- Adapt to Climate Change
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and environmental reports
- First steps - guidance for new starts, projects and charities
- Manage and improve your environmental performance
- Manage the environmental performance of your golf facility
- Management toolkit for SMEs - Northern Ireland
- Management toolkit for SMEs - Scotland
- Smallholder's environmental checklist
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Guidance for Pollution Prevention (GPP) documents
- GPP 1 Understanding your environmental responsibilities – good environmental practices
- GPP 2 Above ground oil storage
- GPP 3 Use and design of oil separators in surface water drainage systems
- GPP 4: Treatment and disposal of wastewater where there is no connection to the public foul sewer
- GPP 5: Works and maintenance in or near water
- GPP 6: Working on construction and demolition sites
- GPP 8: Safe storage and disposal of used oils
- GPP 13 Vehicle washing and cleaning
- GPP 18: Containing major spillages and firewater at industrial sites
- GPP 19: Vehicles: Service and Repair
- GPP 20: Dewatering underground ducts and chambers
- GPP 21: Pollution incident response planning
- GPP 22: Dealing with spills
- GPP 24: Stables, kennels, catteries
- GPP 25 Hospitals and healthcare establishments
- GPP 26 Safe storage - drums and intermediate bulk containers
- GPP 27 Installation, decommissioning and removal of underground storage tanks
- GPP 29 Microbreweries and micro-distilleries
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Land
- Contaminated land
- Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and other invasive weeds
- Land managment topics for forestry
- Land topics - biodiversity, land access, rules for hunting, pest control
- Land topics for agriculture
- Land topics for construction sites
- Land topics for mining and quarrying businesses
- Nature conservation
- Smallholders
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Materials, fuels and equipment
- Batteries regulations
- Chemical storage
- Managing Radioactive Substances
- Materials and equipment for agriculture & animal care
- Materials and equipment used on construction sites
- Materials used by metal fabrication and finishing businesses
- More hazardous materials topics
- More materials and equipment topics
- Oil and Fuel Storage
- Packaging and packaging waste
- Pathogens from laboratories and production facilities
- Pesticides and biocides
- Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH)
- RoHS: Restrictions on hazardous substances
- Nuisances
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Trade associations & BSOs
- Agriculture trade associations
- Animal boarding and care trade associations
- Chemical industry trade associations
- Construction trade associations
- Education useful links
- Fabricated metal products trade associations
- Fishing and aquaculture trade associations
- Food and drink trade associations
- Forestry trade associations
- Golf trade associations
- Hair and Beauty Trade Associations
- Healthcare trade associations
- Hospitality trade associations
- Hunting, shooting and game breeding trade associations
- Landscaping trade associations
- Leather trade associations
- Life sciences useful links
- MEEE trade associations
- Metals production and processing trade associations
- Mineral products trade associations
- Mining and quarrying trade associations
- Pest control trade associations
- Printing and publishing trade associations
- Recycling trade associations
- Retail and wholesale trade associations
- Road transport trade associations
- Rubber and plastic trade associations
- Textiles trade associations
- Vehicle repair and maintenance trade associations
- Waste and sewage trade associations
- Wood and wood products trade associations
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Transport
- Car parking
- Carriage of dangerous goods
- Refrigerated transport and equipment
- Travel plans and green transport for offices
- Travel plans for education
- Vehicle air-conditioning systems
- Vehicle cleaning (including wheel washing)
- Vehicle emissions
- Vehicle movements and deliveries at construction sites
- Vehicle refinishing products
- Useful links
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Waste
- Animal by-products and food waste
- Asbestos
- Burning waste - What you need to know
- Duty of care - Your waste responsibilities
- End of life vehicles (ELVs)
- Fly-tipping
- Hazardous / special waste
- Import and export of waste
- Managing waste materials
- Operating your landfill site
- Reduce, reuse and recycle your business waste
- Deposit Return Scheme
- Storage, handling and transport of waste
- Using Consignment Notes for Hazardous/Special Waste
- Waste carriers, brokers and dealers
- Waste from construction and demolition sites
- Waste site directories
- Waste treatment processes
- WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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Business Sectors
- Agriculture
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- Chemicals manufacturing
- Construction
- Education
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- Healthcare
- Hospitality, leisure and tourism
- Hunting, shooting and game breeding
- Landscaping
- Leather
- Life sciences
- Machinery, electrical equipment and electronics
- Metal production and processing
- Mineral products
- Mining and quarrying
- Offices
- Pest control
- Printing and publishing
- Pulp, paper and cardboard
- Recorded media
- Recycling and reprocessing
- Retail and wholesale
- Rubber and plastic products
- Sewage
- Surface treatment of metals
- Textiles and clothing
- Transport
- Vehicle repair and maintenance
- Waste businesses
- Wood and wood products
- Legislation
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Households
- Reuse of household goods
- Household materials: If you can’t reuse then recycle
- What do I do if the council doesn’t accept my waste?
- Neighbour problems
- Septic tanks
- Nuisance from local business - odours, noise etc
- Private burials
- Illegal waste dumping/fly tipping
- Getting households energy efficient
- Covid-19 contminated waste
- Is it pollution? What you might see at the seashore
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