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Get help to classify various items of iron and steel, primarily those classified under chapter 72.
Local authority regulators must use this process guidance note to write permits for glass etchers or polishers using hydrofluoric acid.
You must get a scrap metal dealer licence from the council if you buy, sell or store scrap metal
Almost a quarter of all used or broken electrical and electronic products taken to household recycling centres could be fixed and resold.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Rogue traders who buy and sell scrap metal for cash face £5,000 fine under new laws designed to stamp out metal theft.
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