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Waste Container guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
If you have manufactured or imported 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging in the last 12 months, you may need to register for the tax.
Figures show massive decrease in number of single-use bags sold by main retailers since 2014.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
If you need to submit packaging data under extended producer responsibility for packaging this example file shows how you must structure your data.
It’s a key building on the Sellafield site that stores waste from one of our highest hazard legacy waste ponds.
The T1 waste exemption allows you to treat waste packaging so it can be reused in its original form or becomes clean waste suitable for recycling.
Reforms to household and business bin collections and a crackdown on unscrupulous waste carriers will boost recycling rates and protect the environment
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
These are appropriate measures for waste storage at a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
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