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How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’
Your local council may help you get rid of common pests in your property like mice, wasps and bedbugs with pest control services
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
Find out if your fridge or freezer contains F gas and what you should do when you no longer need it
Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact
What you need to do to ride a motorcycle, moped or motor tricycle - tests and training, minimum ages, vehicle requirements, new licence rules
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Information about the welfare of horses on farms and livery yards and how to dispose of waste and fallen stock.
What to do if a laptop or tablet you’ve received from a DfE programme is not working.
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