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Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
When your vehicle has reached the end of its usefulness, you must get it…
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Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
The T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
From today, households no longer have to pay to get rid of DIY waste at council recycling centres
Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped
Guidance and information for local authorities on licencing and suitability of dealers, chargeable fees, definition of terms and other issues around this 2013 act.
The modalities of the scrap trade reflect a larger struggle for power and how seemingly marginal processes impact the future balance within the city
Illegal Teesside scrap site with hundreds of cars piled up must now be cleared following Environment Agency investigation.
Licensing authorities must confirm a tax check has been completed by applicants renewing taxi driver, private hire and scrap metal licences, or applying for a licence held with another authority.
If you're a non-UK resident temporarily importing a vessel, check if you can get relief using Temporary Admission (TA) and the rules that apply while your yacht is under the TA procedure in the UK.
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
Women will save up to £2 on a £12 pair of period pants as the government scraps VAT on the underwear.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Guidance on commonly raised issues in relation to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.
Guidance provides information about the fee-raising function for local authorities and useful details for those applying for a dealer licence.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Details of the new offence of purchasing scrap metal for cash and how the new offence will be implemented from 3 December 2012.
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