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This section outlines the information that applicants are required to provide in relation to the impact the proposed scheme will have on areas designated as a Special Area of Conservation or other designated sites, and on protected species that are particularly vulnerable to hydro power development. Information on fish for schemes that are located in or connected to designated sites If the scheme

Introduction Accredited reprocessors or exporters recycle or recover waste packaging discarded by United Kingdom (UK) businesses and households. They sell electronic packaging recovery notes (ePRNs) and electronic packaging export recovery notes (ePERNs) and reinvest the income into the recycling of packaging. Packaging producers, or their compliance schemes, buy ePRNs and ePERNs as evidence that

Everyone is responsible for the safe and correct disposal of their own waste. Flytipping is a crime that SEPA is working with partners to respond to and to prevent. Preventing flytipping Waste that isn’t managed properly can lead to flytipping or unauthorised burning. Flytipped waste blights our rural land and countryside and puts the health and wellbeing of our communities at risk. SEPA is workin

Placement of large wood guidance Authorisation of Ponds Guidance Placement of Pipelines Guidance Fences Guidance Engineering & Impounding activities affecting drainage ditched guidance Fords guidance Position statements These set out our approach to particular issues that arise during the regulatory process: WAT-PS-06-02: Culverting of Watercourses WAT-PS-06-03: SEPA's Position Statement: Sedim

Most batteries contain heavy metals – a major cause of environmental concern. If a battery is disposed of incorrectly, these heavy metals may leak into the ground when the battery casing corrodes, causing soil and water pollution and endangering wildlife and human health. The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 aim to reduce the impact on the environment of the manufacture, distribut

Landfill is the disposal of waste which cannot be reused, recycled or recovered, into or onto land. It forms the lowest aspect of the European Waste Framework Directive’s waste hierarchy. The EU’s Landfill Directive aims to reduce the amount of waste to landfill by finding ways to recover value from waste and develop more sustainable management practices. Disposal to landfill is the least preferre

The Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) is a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) and has the primary purpose of making publicly available officially reported annual releases of specified pollutants to air and water from SEPA-regulated industrial facilities. It also provides information on off-site transfers of waste and waste-water from these facilities. The SPRI data is collect

You must never dispose of chemical toilet waste into a burn, river, loch, surface drain, the sea, or onto the ground. If you are using a campervan or motorhome, it is your responsibility to dispose of your wastewater in the correct way. This should be done at a wastewater disposal facility. If you operate a wastewater disposal facility, you must dispose of wastewater safely and legally. This means

Local authorities are also required to report to SEPA about waste collected and managed by or on behalf of them. This is done through an online reporting system called WasteDataFlow (WDF). Reports are submitted to SEPA annually, with a submission deadline of 28 February.   Local authority waste data are verified on an annual basis by the Dataflows Unit and are used to help fulfil Scotland’s report

Information to help you find out if your activity requires a licence or other authorisation. Some activities carried out by business or industry can, potentially, be harmful to environment. As Scotland’s principal environmental regulator, we issue a range of authorisations designed to control activities that could lead to pollution or environmental damage. This section of our website will help you find out if your activity requires a licence or other authorisation. Do I need any authorisa