Pest control

Pest control sector guidance

This environmental guidance is for businesses that are involved in controlling pests. Pests include rodents, wasps, bees, fleas, moles, rabbits and birds.

Find out how to:

dispose of animal carcasses from traps
use pesticides and fumigants safely
avoid causing pollution from spills of pesticides, poisons or baits.

Preventing air pollution

Buying environmentally friendly goods and services

Environmental tax obligations and breaks

Savings calculator

Environmental damage

Manage flood risk

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and environmental reports

Management toolkit for SMEs - Northern Ireland

Management toolkit for SMEs - Scotland

Manage and improve your environmental performance

Adapt to Climate Change

Contaminated land

Pest control

Chemical storage

Oil storage

Pesticides and biocides

Agricultural pesticides

Fuelling & fuel storage

Noise, odour and other nuisances

Insects and rodent pests

Permits and licences - An overview

Pest control trade associations

Car parking

Vehicle emissions

Vehicle cleaning (including wheel washing)

Duty of care - Your waste responsibilities

Hazardous / special waste

WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Storage & transport of waste

Disposal of dead animals including pets

Trade effluent – Managing liquid wastes

Water use and abstraction

Bunds for fuel and chemical storage

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The Northern Ireland Environment Agency has published a short guide to the duty of care responsibilities including advice and information for waste producers, carriers and those accepting, storing and treating waste.

https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/waste-duty-care-responsibilities
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EIA (Agriculture) Regulations for Northern Ireland

Any person intending to alter the use or management of areas of uncultivated or semi-natural land must obtain prior approval from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

Read more on the DAERA website
Guidance from your environmental regulator
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The NetRegs team at SEPA, in partnership with The Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and a number of industry bodies have produced 9 new GPPs to replace out of date PPGs. More are coming! Check the available topics
New guidance

New guidance for Start-ups, charities and community projects

http://www.netregs.org.uk/environmental-topics/environmental-management/first-steps-guidance-for-new-starts-projects-and-charities/