Agriculture provides wildlife habitats, a well-loved landscape and a place for recreation but it also has some less desirable impacts on the environment.
Information for those producing, supplying and using organic and inorganic chemicals, pesticides and biocides, pharmaceutical products, and explosives.
Information about the regulation of the coke, iron and steel industry.
Information about how we regulate combustion plants, including power stations, the oil industry and sites producing sustainable energy from biomass.
Find out how we can help the construction industry save time and money.
This sector includes information on onshore oil and gas production, handling and refining, carbonisation, gasification and pyrolysis.
Find out about information and advice relating to fisheries management.
Information and advice for those working in the food and drink industry or manufacturing food and drink products.
Guidance for hospitality, leisure and tourism businesses.
Find out more about our responsibilities in the marine industries sector.
Find out what you must do to comply with regulations relating to the production and processing of metals.
Information on the regulation of the minerals industry including the manufacturing of cement, lime, glass and glass fibre, ceramics (tiles and bricks) and asbestos.
If you manage extractive waste then this activity may be a mining waste operation, which is regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
This section contains information about our regulation of the nuclear industry.
This guidance is for all businesses that have an office.
Guidance for businesses that manufacture paper, pulp and cardboard. Find out how you can prevent pollution and if you require an environmental permit.
Information and advice relating to textile treatment activities.
Information and guidance on environmental performance for this sector
Information for owners and undertakers on reservoir safety regulations.
Information and advice relating to waste incineration. This sector includes the incineration of municipal waste, hazardous waste, clinical waste and sewage sludge.
Find out how we regulate waste management activities, including the transport, treatment, and disposal of waste. This section contains information on permitting, compliance assessment, monitoring and enforcement.
Information and guidance on environmental performance for this sector
Practical guidance on the safety, health and environmental protection aspects of working with wood and wood products.
