Pollution prevention for business
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Discusses industrial and commercial pollution prevention. Covers: site drainage; deliveries and materials handling; storage; waste management; trade effluent; groundwater protection; training and emergencies.
Document History
Last updated: 12 February 2026 - Updated the 'Construction, inspection and maintenance' section, 'Work in, over or near a river, stream, lake or pond' subsection, to link to the new service for applying for a herbicide agreement online in England. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pollution-prevention-for-businesses and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 12 July 2016. Published in conjunction with: Environment Agency.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
