... established by the 1995 Environment Act and fully became operational on 1 April 1996, and has a key role in improving our environment. After six year in operation, their performance has been criticised by many academics, environmentalists, regulated industries, public and even the House of Commons Select Committee on the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs (SCETRA). In this essay, the work and the goals of the Environment Agency will be discussed in the first section. Then follow by an evaluation of the works of the agency, and then compared with foreign Environment Agency. Therefore, a solid conclusion can be made on the effectiveness of environment agency. The work of the Environment Agency can be dividend in four areas. They include Water-related functions, Waste management-related functions, industrial process (these functions reflect to the pre-existing functions of the NRA, HMIP and the waste regulation authorities) and a new ranges of functions which created by ...

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