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Guidance for businesses on the marking of measuring container bottles, with lists of approved and inactive manufacturers’ marks.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
This page describes standard package designs for Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW).
This page describes the current container design concept for the disposal of High Heat Generating Waste (HHGW).
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
Legacy resources to raise awareness about potential hazards to children from swallowing small objects produced for a product safety campaign during 2022.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
The rules to follow when you are moving, freezing or storing germinal product (semen, ova or embryo) in the bluetongue restricted zone.
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