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Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for cleaning products: requirements for sprays, packaging and banned chemicals.
This guidance provides information on COVID-19 in homelessness, domestic abuse refuge, respite room and asylum seeker accommodation settings.
Information and advice on cleaning sex-on-premises venues.
The use of chemicals to clean algae and other deposits off slipways and marine structures can cause pollution.
How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Product recall for The Laundress Laundry and Household Cleaning Products which are microbiologically contaminated and present a health risk.
Guidance for people who have been diagnosed with a mpox infection and who have been advised to self-isolate at home.
Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Check for listed disinfectants for aquaculture; or apply to have your product listed.
Public health advice for prisons and other prescribed places of detention.
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.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.
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