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How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
This MGN provides guidance and clarification for aspects of MARPOL Annex V, polar code and merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621).
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
This consultation seeks yours views on the draft merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020. This consultation closes at: 17.00 on Monday 30th March 2020.
Check your council's website to find out when your rubbish will be collected
Includes collecting large waste items, garden waste and reporting problems
This consultation seeks your views on the draft Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships and Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Business waste management in England - your duty of care, waste collection, licences and waste transfer notes
A new consultation on rules aimed at reducing illegal discharge of garbage into our seas is being launched by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency today.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
How councils should deal with litter, refuse and dog mess, and the penalties they can give.
Arrange a special collection for large waste items - most councils will collect things like old sofas, fridges or washing machines for a fee
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Your responsibilities, hazardous waste and report an environmental incident
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