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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of waste or rubbish - report it to the local council or to Crimestoppers
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out if your council collects recycling, how to recycle household waste such as mobile phones, computers, packaging and green waste
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
New legislation creates specific offences for dog and cat abduction in England and Northern Ireland
How enforcement officers can apply the conformation standard to check if a dog is an XL Bully.
How to move goods from the UK to international destinations, including any special rules you’ll need to follow to move your goods from the UK.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
Contact your council to find out if they provide pest control services to remove pests like wasps, rats, mice and bedbugs
Information you need for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
English hedgerows will be protected in law as the government sets out its plans for domestic hedgerow regulations, following a consultation last year.
You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog
Exporters in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to apply for an export health certificate.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
Official vets and inspectors in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
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