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How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to qualify as a dangerous goods driver, choosing what training you need, finding a training provider, getting and keeping your ADR card up to date, replacing a card, staying qualified and adding substance classes to your ADR card.
To become a dangerous goods (ADR) vehicle driver you need to: train and…
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Product recall for Diesel Car Parking Heater presenting a serious chemical risk and risk of fire.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
This report series contains substantial scientific work carried out by the Health Protection Agency Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
Guidance for manufacturers on placing batteries and accumulators on the market.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
A to Z on content relating to chemical hazards.
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.
Use this form to record decisions for the recovery of the environment following a chemical incident.
How to transport dangerous goods, including guidance notes, authorisation notices, exception notices and multilateral agreements.
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