Risk assessments for your environmental permit
Page summary:
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
Change made:
The section on assessing the risk of noise and vibration has been amended to reflect the recent publication of ‘Noise and vibration: Environmental permit application guidance’ with the Noise Advisory Tool.
Time updated:
6:00am, 1 December 2025
Residual waste reduction Environment Act target delivery plan
Page summary:
Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to residual waste reduction.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
10:33am, 1 December 2025
Wastewater Environment Act target delivery plan
Page summary:
Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to wastewater.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
10:34am, 1 December 2025
Overview: delivery plans for our Environment Act targets
Page summary:
An introduction to the delivery plans for statutory and interim Environment Act targets.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
10:35am, 1 December 2025
Environmental Improvement Plan
Page summary:
Publications related to the Environmental Improvement Plan for England, including delivery plans for the Environment Act 2021 targets and annual progress reports.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
10:36am, 1 December 2025
Summary logs for UK packaging waste: an overview
Page summary:
An introduction to the summary logs that reprocessors and exporters need to use to record packaging waste activity under Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging requirements.
Change made:
Clarified technical points to set up the template, reflected that there are now 2 summary log templates available, linked to the privacy notice to explain how data submitted as part of the summary logs is handled, and updated the email address for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Time updated:
1:55pm, 1 December 2025
Summary log templates for UK packaging waste
Page summary:
Templates for the summary logs that reprocessors and exporters need to produce under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Change made:
Added example summary log template for accredited exporters and updated supplementary guidance with data field descriptions for the exporter summary log.
Time updated:
1:56pm, 1 December 2025
Recyclability assessment methodology: supplementary guidance
Page summary:
Read additional information that clarifies the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) if you’re an obligated producer of household packaging waste under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Change made:
Added examples of how producers can evidence consumer takeback schemes
Time updated:
11:28am, 2 December 2025
African swine fever in pigs and wild boars in Europe
Page summary:
Updated outbreak assessment for African swine fever in wild boar and domestic pigs in Europe.
Change made:
Added the preliminary outbreak assessment for African swine fever in Spain.
Time updated:
2:55pm, 3 December 2025
Control and monitor emissions for your environmental permit
Page summary:
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Change made:
Updated the links to detailed guidance about odour management to the latest web manual.
Time updated:
4:04pm, 3 December 2025
Extended producer responsibility for packaging: recycling obligations and waste disposal fees
Page summary:
UK organisations that are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging may need to get evidence of packaging waste recycling and pay disposal fees.
Change made:
This update explains that you cannot accept any PRNs or PERNS to meet 2026 recycling obligations on the Report Packaging Data (RPD) service is updated. Any you accept will go towards your 2025 obligations.
Time updated:
3:52pm, 5 December 2025
Businesses approved to export to the EU
Page summary:
Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved to export to the EU and find out what your TRACES number is.
Change made:
Updated the lists of businesses approved to export to the EU.
Time updated:
4:32pm, 5 December 2025
