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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
If pharmacies wish to ‘pack down’ larger packs of a medicinal product, they need to follow these instructions
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Send samples (classified as UN3373 biological substance category B) to APHA according to the ADR regulations and P650 packing instructions.
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.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
How to apply for mandatory registration and voluntary accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter of packaging waste – includes how to comply with requirements and technical information.
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