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How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Register and pay for exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Following the driest spring in 132 years, Environment Agency steps up operational response.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Penalty also covers not having a rod licence
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.
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.
Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
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