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How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
You must make sure hazardous waste produced or handled by your business in…
You must follow these steps in England if your business: produces…
You must follow these steps if your business collects and transports…
You must follow these steps if you receive, treat or dispose of hazardous…
You must use consignment notes to move hazardous waste. A consignment note…
Consignee returns are reports on any hazardous waste received, treated or…
Contact the Environment Agency if you have any questions about hazardous…
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
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.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Apply for information about potentially hazardous exposure (Special Subject Access Request) experienced during employment with MOD.
Information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
A to Z on content relating to chemical hazards.
Chemical hazards and poisons information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
Organisational definitions of terms concerned with risk and risk-related matters.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
When to reject hazardous waste and what to do if you are the consignee, carrier, producer or holder.
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
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