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Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Find out which radioactive sources you need a licence to export and how to apply for one.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
This section describes the range of mechanisms that control the use, reduction and cessation hazardous chemicals and priority substances.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
A standard exposure model can identify highly persistent chemicals for which a more conservative regulatory assessment may be appropriate.
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