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How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Freight forwarders oversee the worldwide movement of cargo, packing, documentation and customs clearance, on behalf of importers and exporters.
International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
Guidance for organisations who may need to report packaging data because they are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging
Waste Package guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Information for retailers and distributors of tobacco products, enforcement agencies and the public on changes to tobacco packaging.
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
Find out if you need to report packaging data under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Arrangements for the performance testing, certification and marking of packagings used to transport dangerous goods (note 2).
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
Guidance on the transport of patient specimens suspected of containing Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Rules for British Packaging Association
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