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Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
You may need a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit if you run a business in Scotland that uses organic solvents
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
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.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
You need a permit if you run a dry cleaning facility that uses solvents in Scotland
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The use of chemicals to clean algae and other deposits off slipways and marine structures can cause pollution.
Local authority regulators must use this SG note to assess applications and write permits for surface treatment using solvents.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
Understand the European Community (EC) Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds.
How to get relief from excise duty on oil used in certain ways using the Industrial Relief Scheme, also known as the Tied Oils Scheme.
Local authority permits for Part B installations and mobile plant and solvent emission activities, under Environmental Permitting Regulations.
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