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Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs).
An independent research report.
How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
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.
A fund to strengthen UK science and business innovation and take on the biggest challenges that society and industry face today.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals, and example scenarios.
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.
Resources for businesses.
What the retirement of analogue phone lines, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), means for you.
How the Office for Product Safety and Standards contributes to the national regulatory landscape.
A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals applied to checks processed until 27 October 2023, and example scenarios.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
…This guidance outlines regulations and provides information and advice on how to identify an enclosed space and how to reduce the risk to life.…
Advice on writing clear notices and maximising replies to your FSNs.
The rules for manufacturing mercury added products in Great Britain, as well as importing and exporting them between Great Britain and non-EU countries.
Information and guidance on Investment Zones operating within England.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
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