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Two new product safety consultations have been opened today, by The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS),
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
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.
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
Changes to standards and technical documents updated by CEN that affect those carrying out chemical measurement in support of regulation
The report of the result of the large-scale test number 7 which shows how Aluminium Composite material (ACM) cladding with a fire retardant polyethylene filler with phenolic foam insulation behaves in a fire.
The report of the result of the first large scale test which shows how Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) PE panels in combination with foam insulation behave in a fire.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for textiles used for uniforms, furnishings and dishcloths: banned dyes, retardants, pesticides.
The T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, cut or pulverise waste wood and plant matter to make it easier to store and transport, or to convert it for use.
The report of the result of the fifth large scale test which shows how Aluminium Composite material (ACM) cladding with a limited combustibility filler with PIR foam insulation behave in a fire.
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.
The report of the result of the large-scale test number 6 which shows how Aluminium Composite material (ACM) cladding with a limited combustibility filler (category 1 in screening tests) with stone wool insulation behaves in a fire.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
The additional appropriate measures for monitoring emissions from regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment of WTEE.
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