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Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
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.
Information about and opinions from the Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety of Non-Food and Non-Medicinal Consumer Products (SAG-CS).
How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is an independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other government bodies on matters concerning the toxicity...
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
The requirements for 3D printed products will depend on whether they are classed as medical devices, personal protective equipment (PPE) or both.
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