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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.