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What are my waste recycling options?
Recycling options available to your business involving plastics, tyres, wood, paper, textiles and metals.
Recycling waste in the hospitality industry
How to implement a recycling scheme to save your business money and reduce the amount of waste you send to landfill.
Recycling best practice and obligations
Recycling is an important waste management option for your business, and is even a requirement for some types of waste.
Allowing time off work
When staff have a statutory right to time off, when it must be paid, and how to deal with discretionary requests.
Time off work for training and certain job-related duties and activities
Time off for training for those to be made redundant, union and safety representatives, and pension scheme trustees.
Who has the right to time off work and when is it paid?
Time off for trade union work, TUPE consultation, pension scheme, and public duties is a paid, statutory requirement.
Time off work for information and consultation purposes
Time off to be a representative in redundancy and transfer situations, and to attend information and consultation meetings.
Time off work for personal commitments and emergencies
An employee's right to unpaid time off to look after dependants in an emergency, discretionary and extended leave.
Time off for public and judicial service and duties
Time off rights for employees taking part in activities relating to public bodies and the legal system.
Statutory time off work for parental reasons
Time off for maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave or parental leave, and time off for pregnant employees.
Compressed air energy efficiency
How to reduce energy consumption and save money when you use compressed air in your business activities.
How to improve the performance of your compressed air system
Suggestions for changes you can make to your compressed air system to improve overall energy efficiency.
Uses for compressed air in business
Examples of how compressed air is used by industry, where wastage typically occurs, and how it's regulated.
How to cut compressed air costs
Straightforward steps you can take to increase energy efficiency without big changes to your compressed air system.
Dispose of your waste
How to cut the amount of waste your business sends to landfill and how to limit the financial costs of waste disposal.
Introduction to environmental permits and licences
How to comply with the law by getting the right environmental permits and other licences for your business activities.
Types of environmental licences and permits
Examples of the types of environmental licences and permits your business may need for regulated activities.
PPC permits and waste management licences
An overview of pollution prevention and control permits and waste management licences and the possible exemptions.
Waste disposal and landfill tax
The cost of waste disposal at landfill sites and Landfill Taxes rates, and the restrictions on types of waste disposal.
Climate change agreements (CCA)
How climate change agreements work, which businesses are eligible and which sector associations hold a CCA.