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Pollution prevention and control

The fundamental philosophy behind the regulations is that environmental issues should be addressed in an integrated way in order to achieve the highest level of environmental protection from the largest industrial activities.

We are transitioning to a new website and authorisation process and the information on this webpage is not up to date. Please go to our Environmental Authorisation (Scotland) Regulation (EASR) webpage to find information on applying for Industrial activities authorisations. The following pages can also be found on our Topics page:

Food, drink, and milk best available techniques (FDM) is in the process of migrating to Beta and is currently available on this website, however, the information may not be fully up to date.