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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out how to nominate someone to collect your State Pension for you
Arrange a special collection for large waste items - most councils will collect things like old sofas, fridges or washing machines for a fee
Arrange for a collection of clinical waste - for items like used syringes, drugs, pharmaceuticals and surgical waste
Deciding what information to collect from your users and how to collect it.
How local authorities should submit information about reviews of cases where schools have suspended or expelled pupils.
How local authorities, local-authority-maintained schools, and academies should collect and submit data for the school workforce census.
How local authorities should submit data for the annual school preference collections.
What sites are collection centres, the animal by-products (ABPs) you can treat at one, and how you must treat them.
How local authorities should collect and submit admission appeals data from all community and voluntary-controlled schools in their area.
Guidance for designated collection facilities (DCF) and charities on how to comply with WEEE and waste regulations.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
Information on validating your data, resolving errors and checking any funding reports that use your school census return.
This guidance explains how to pay child maintenance using Collect & Pay arrangements and what happens if you do not make a payment.
How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual attendance measures census.
If you want to collect money or sell items on the street for charity, you might need a street collection licence, depending on your local council
Documents to support service providers to collect, record and submit adult tier 2 behavioural weight management services data.
How schools can share daily attendance data.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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