Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Services

• Apply to carry out activities that may affect the environment

  Get permission to carry out activities that could cause environmental harm.

• Battery waste: producer and supplier responsibilities

  Environmental licences and regulations for disposing, recycling and treating battery waste.

• Business and commercial waste

  Your duty of care, waste regulations, storage, collections, special waste and waste reduction.

• Contaminated land

  Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site.

• Environmental appeals

  Find out how to make an appeal against a decision made by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) or Scottish Water.

• Find the air quality in your area

  Check to see how clean the air is in your area.

• Find training for businesses

  Find help and support to train your staff.

• Flooding support

  Prepare for flooding, get help during a flood and what to do after a flood.

• Get environmental advice on your planning project

  Information on where to get help for making sure your planning project is environmentally safe.

• Get help to apply for an environmental licence or permit

  Find information on applying for a licence or permit from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

• Private sewerage

  Your responsibilities if you have a private sewerage system, such as a septic tank or package sewage treatment plant.

• Report air pollution

  Find information on reporting air pollution to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

• Report an environmental incident

  Find out how and when to report an environmental incident.

• Report flooding in your area

  Information on how to report a flood in your local area.

• Report incidents involving radioactive materials or waste

  Find out how to report incidents involving radioactive materials or waste to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

• Running a landfill site

  Find out about environmental permits needed for running landfill sites and regulations for landfill and hazardous waste.

• Search for business funding or advice

  Search for business funding, including grant and loan options available in Scotland.

• Starting a business from your home

  Information on starting a business from your home including setting up a home office, planning permission, title deeds, health and safety, trading standards and waste management.

• Staying safe in winter weather

  Information on keeping safe during winter weather. Includes travelling, grit bins, loss of utilities, frozen or burst pipes and snow and flooding.