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This document outlines guidance for cleaning and decontamination of non-healthcare settings.
Provides guiding principles on how planning can deal with land affected by contamination.
Dealing with land contamination to help make the environment clean and safe.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
A transformational technology that uses microwaves to defrost and ultrasound to break down contaminants in melted lunar ice to provide clean, drinkable water for astronauts has won the UK Space Agency-funded Aqualunar Challenge.
The T29 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration before disposing of them to land.
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