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Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
The D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering environmental issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK
The T21 exemption allows you to recover wastes such as sewage grits, screenings and sewage sludge at a waste water treatment works.
The U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
The T8 exemption allows you to treat small amounts of waste end-of-life tyres for recovery by baling, shredding, peeling, shaving or granulating.
We have more than 10 years’ experience of successfully working with our customers to develop solutions across the radioactive waste lifecycle and provide access to the full range of treatment, logistics, and disposal techniq…
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
The government has a programme of reform to improve the quality of social housing. Each month, progress on our commitments is shared on these pages, as part of our commitment to respond to the tragic death of 2 year old Awaa…
How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.
Guidance on managing and using bed rails safely.
The T10 exemption allows small organisations, such as charities, to sort recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.
Entry into enclosed spaces onboard ships is sometimes a necessary but dangerous work activity. This guidance outlines regulations and provides information and advice on how to identify an enclosed space and how to reduce the…
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
We need to ensure the safe, secure and cost-effective lifecycle management of nuclear materials and spent fuels.
How to meet the accommodation needs of guests, including information about gas safety and information about bills and paying rent.
We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
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