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How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
Find out what waste exemptions are and when you need to register them. Understand waste exemption conditions and charges.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
List of waste exemptions for storing, treating, using and disposing of waste. The guides include exemption conditions. There's a charge for most waste exemptions.
The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
You must identify and classify your waste before you send it for recycling or disposal. This makes sure you or anyone handling your waste deals with it properly.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
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