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How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Product recall for toy phone presenting a serious risk of choking, injuries, strangulation and asphyxiation.
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.
Latest data shows a 59% drop in plastic carrier bag sales in the last year alone in main supermarkets, with charities receiving nearly £180 million since 2015.
Product Safety Report for Pretend Play Set Plastic Food Toy DIY Cake Toy Cutting Fruit Vegetable Food Pretend Play Toys presenting a medium risk of injuries and asphyxiation.
Product Safety Report for Rutsche Toy Slide sold via Amazon presenting a high risk of suffocation and choking.
Product Safety Report for Knutti The Viking Plush, 101-001 presenting a high risk of asphyxiation.
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
Product Safety Report for Multi-coloured Egg Shakers sold via Amazon presenting a serious risk of choking.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
Product Safety Report for Multicoloured Drum-Shaped Rattle Toy sold Via Amazon presenting a high risk of asphyxiation.
The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.
Reforms to household and business bin collections and a crackdown on unscrupulous waste carriers will boost recycling rates and protect the environment
Budget 2018 announced that the government will introduce a world-leading new tax on produced or imported plastic packaging. Subject to consultation, this will apply to all plastic packaging that doesn’t include at least 30% recycled content.
Environment Secretary asks producers to address concerns over 'flushable' labelling of wet wipes
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