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The rules businesses must follow when moving mercury and products containing mercury between Great Britain, the EU and Northern Ireland.
How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.
When you must tell the Environment Agency that you're storing material containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and how to do it.
How to detect and monitor chemical contaminants and guidance on the relevant limits.
You must register and declare ozone-depleting substances (ODS) for laboratory or analytical uses.
How to provide chemical test data for potentially contaminated soils or landspreading regulated under the environmental permitting regulations.
You’ll need to create a Government Gateway account to access the Comply with UK REACH service.
Work out the toxic equivalency factors of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) to calculate their concentration.
If you plan to import or produce fluorinated gas (F gas), use this template to confirm your intention to register on the hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) Registry.
Case studies of completed measures or measures being progressed in river basin districts from 2015.
Guidance on the safe use of potentially contaminated residential land, gardens and allotments.
Use this template to write a declaration of conformity to certify that HFCs (F gas) in equipment you import or manufacture are covered by a HFC quota.
You can use the voluntary remediation advice service to get more detailed site-specific regulatory advice where land contamination has impacted on controlled waters.
Check if an item of WEEE or a component removed from WEEE is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
A list of waste facilities that accept waste fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) and ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
How to transfer fluorinated gas (F gas) quota to another producer or importer.
How to check that a laboratory is allowed to buy ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
How often you must get equipment checked for leaks if it contains hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) - a type of ozone-depleting substance (ODS).
You must have individual qualifications to work with hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – a type of ozone-depleting substance (ODS).
Environment Agency regulatory position on retention of artefacts that may contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by museums for archival, education, research and or display purposes.
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