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Explore what authorisations and registrations your business may need to operate legally and responsibly, including the new Environmental Authorisation (Scotland) Regulations. 

The Bathing Waters website provides real-time updates, monitoring data, and safety information on designated bathing waters across Scotland to help the public make informed decisions about water quality and health risks during the bathing season.

What are the regulations for the collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of all types of waste batteries and who they apply to.

SEPA charges for the services it provides to help protect Scotland’s environment. Find out more about what activities these charges support, as well as UK charging schemes, and how to make a payment.

This page outlines our main duties and regulations for operators involved in storing, handling, or distributing large quantities of chemicals or substances of a hazardous nature.

Find out how we enforce environmental laws in Scotland by investigating non-compliance, issuing civil penalties, or accepting voluntary actions to fix harm and prevent future issues, ensuring environmental and public protection.

This page publishes data on activities that SEPA regulates. It includes Scottish pollutant release data and water data returns and explains how to submit data.

Supporting our approach to regulation by providing a common standard to rate an operator’s environmental performance and secure improvements in compliance.

Flytipping is a crime that SEPA is working with partners to respond to, prevent, and pursue offenders to the fullest extent of the law.

Find out how we regulate Scotland's largest industrial complex. This page includes the latest updates from the site, more information on how to report a pollution incident, and the Grangemouth Regulatory Hub.

We regulate activities to protect and improve Scotland’s environment. Find out more about our approach to regulation, as well as environmental liability regulations, operator monitoring, and our policies.

Environmental issues, such as pollution, odours and flaring, can have a serious impact on our wellbeing. Find out which issues and activities in your area have been reported to SEPA, what action is happening to resolve them and how to report an issue.

Get the latest updates from the Mossmorran and Braefoot Bay Complexe as well as more information on how to report a pollution incident, operator compliance, and how we regulate and take enforcement action.

What are the producer responsibilities for companies that handle, use, or make packaging material and how can you stay regulation compliant

SEPA is legally required to maintain certain information about activities that we regulate and make that information available to the public. These different registers of information are commonly referred to together as the public register.

Find information on registering and maintaining your private sewage treatment system, such as a septic tanks or package treatment plants. This page also provide guidance for grey water disposal, campervan wastewater, and other seasonal management tips for private sewage systems.

SPRI is a public register of annual releases of pollutants to air and water from industrial facilities and information on off-site transfers of waste and waste-water from industrial facilities

This page refers to any waste with hazardous properties and includes guidance on how to get a special waste consignment note (SWCN) and information on clinical and healthcare waste.

This page covers the rules and regulations for moving waste across borders, notification procedures, and guidance for compliant import and export of waste and green list waste.

What are the key policies and guidance for operators to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

If you transport waste, or arrange the transport of waste for others, it’s likely that you will need to register with SEPA

How we regulate the increasing amount of end-of life electronic and electrical items and reduce their environmental impacts.

We continuously monitor and record water levels on lochs, rivers, and coastlines throughout Scotland, generating valuable data used by businesses, households, and recreational users.

For operator guidance on activities that may pollute water and what authorisations are required.

Discover the latest water scarcity levels, reports, and advice. Have you noticed dry private water supplies, rivers, or burns? Report water scarcity in your area and help have the best possible understanding of the impact of dry weather