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A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
How to transport dangerous goods, including guidance notes, authorisation notices, exception notices and multilateral agreements.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
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.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
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.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
This guidance provides an introductory guide to the standards and regulatory requirements that businesses may need to meet, to import and sell goods in the UK.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
A to Z on content relating to chemical hazards.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 20 May 2024.
How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
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