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Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
The minimum standards that zoos are expected to meet.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
T28 waste exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. T28 exemptions are free of charge.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
How to read your gas meter and convert this reading to kilowatt hours.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme supports performance improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects.
The MacKay Carbon Calculator provides a model of the UK energy system that allows you to explore pathways to decarbonisation, including net zero by 2050.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
How to apply for environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.
Get paid to manage land sustainably to benefit the environment and support food production: find out if your land is eligible, select and apply for SFI actions.
Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow laying item.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
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