Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
Education sector guidance
This guidance on environmental regulations is for anyone who works in in schools, further education colleges, community colleges, universities or adult education centres, such as:
- janitors
- HS&E
- head teachers
- facilities managers
- grounds managers
- staff responsible for laboratories and workshops used for practical courses.
- Air pollution
- Carbon reduction and efficiency
- Emergency response
- Environmental management
- Land
- Materials and equipment
- Nuisances
- Permits and licences
- Trade associations and BSOs
- Transport
- Waste
- Water
- Biofuels for transport
- Buying environmentally 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
- Environmental tax obligations and breaks
- Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS)
- EU Emissions Trading Scheme
- Generate renewable energy
- Cost cutting measures: The savings calculator
- Innovation and product development - sustainable ways of working
- Sustainable procurement practices for education
- Eco-schools
- Duty of care - Your waste responsibilities
- Hazardous / special waste
- Reduce, reuse and recycle your business waste
- WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
- Accommodation waste
- Canteen waste
- Fly-tipped rubbish
- Food waste and catering waste
- Sanitary waste
- Storage & transport of waste
- Find a reuse and recycling centre, or waste site, near you
- Anaerobic Digestion
- Composting catering waste
- Composting green waste
Environmental News Blog
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A day with Hydrology, SEPA's hydrometry unit is responsible for around 400 gauging stations and 350 rainfall monitoring sites. River gauging stations are important as they allow river levels to be monitored so flood events can be predicted and flood warnings sent out.
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Brewing and Distilling Technical Drop-in Day: Waste, Water, Energy, Brewing and Distilling is booming due to high demand for quality Scottish beers and spirits. All this growth is also leading to a boom in food waste, energy and water use.
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