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How to work out the weight of plastic packaging components and each material used to make them, to check if you must register for Plastic Packaging Tax and include them on your return.
New approach puts an end to confusing recycling and excessive bins
This tax information and impact note is about the new plastic packaging tax.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
We have more than 10 years’ experience of successfully working with our customers to develop solutions across the radioactive waste lifecycle and provide access to the full range of treatment, logistics, and disposal techniques and technology in the UK, Europe,...
Figures show massive decrease in number of single-use bags sold by main retailers since 2014.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
This report covers impact of school WASH on absenteeism, scaling up school WASH, costs and ensuring value for money
Find out when and how to take samples, and what happens if one of your flocks tests positive.
The UK along with 170 countries attended the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Canada this week.
The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland want your view on a proposed ban on the manufacture, supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in the UK....
Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
Offenders will be put to work to pay back the communities they have harmed as part of a week-long nationwide clean-up of Britain’s coastline.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
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