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Guidance for living safely with respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
How councils should deal with litter, refuse and dog mess, and the penalties they can give.
Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
Public health advice for prisons and other prescribed places of detention.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Find out more about our £2 billion Clean Growth Direct Lending Facility.
Environment Agency regulatory position on cleaning and sterilising waste medical instruments containing metal to allow the waste metal to be recovered elsewhere.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Guidance on PPE, face coverings, face visors, and hand cleaning and sanitising products, for the protection of consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where you’ll find clean air zones, how to check if you’ll need to pay a charge and create a business account, and what support or exemptions are available.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on trade cooperation, innovation and clean energy between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Washington State in the US, signed 25 September 2023.
Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for printing of dry cleaning.
The government department outlines new ambitions for supporting UK business with the publication of its new business plan.
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