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How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Permitted critical uses of halons and the deadlines for decommissioning equipment containing halons.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
Managing radioactive waste with geological disposal
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
How contracting authorities can find approved specialist providers and award contracts for decontamination services in relation to a CBRN or major HazMat incident.
What operators need to do in terms of submitting plans for radioactive waste disposal following our exit from Euratom and requirements under Article 37.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Find out what animal by-products you can use to make biodiesel, whether you need approval, how to process them and how to use the products.
How networks and individuals can support the country's emergency planning, response and recovery, and keep systems and services running.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Your responsibilities to check equipment for fluorinated gas (F gas) leaks.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
A licence to temporarily possess and move dead beavers for post-mortem health and disease testing.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
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