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Workplace equipment risk assessment
Identify hazards posed by tools and equipment, and assess the likelihood of accidents occurring and use your risk assessment to identify actions to take.
Types of work equipment in safety law
Types of equipment covered by the law and the definition of machinery in sectors such as manufacturing, building, construction, offices and transport.
Waste chemicals and chemical containers
How to comply with waste legislation when dealing with waste chemicals and chemical containers in your business.
Treating and composting biodegradable waste
Permits and quality standards for treating biodegradable waste, including composting and anaerobic digestion.
Use hand-held tools safely
Minimising and managing risks from using hand-held tools, including protecting against hand-arm vibration by assessing the risks and taking appropriate action.
Equipment maintenance and checks for safety
Regularly checking your equipment and carrying out necessary maintenance is a crucial part of minimising workplace risks and legal requirement.
Reduce the risks of using workplace equipment
Using signs, training, guidelines, emergency stop buttons, safety guards and protective equipment to minimise residual risks from tools and machinery.
Hazardous substances and waste
Guides which detail your legal responsibilities for hazardous substances and hazardous waste in your business
Metal production and processing
Guides which help you to understand your environmental responsibilities when manufacturing metal
Reduce waste in production
How to analyse business processes to cut waste without affecting your overall efficiency and profitability.
Reduce your use of raw materials
Cutting down on materials use through correct specification, handling and storage and better product design.
Implement energy-saving routines for office equipment
Suggested routines for operating your office equipment that can help make significant energy savings.
Create a strategy to reduce business waste
Taking action to reduce waste - finding the biggest potential savings and developing ideas to achieve them.
Reducing business waste: six top tips
Tips and guidance on how to reduce business waste and ways to make your business more resource efficient.
How to write an environmental policy
What an environmental policy is, how to write one for your business and the advantages of an environmental policy.
Work equipment safety - your legal duties
What the law requires you to do to ensure your equipment is safe - from maintenance to assessing risks through inspection and taking appropriate action.
Key health and safety management legal obligations
Staying up to date with your legal responsibilities for health and safety to protect staff, customers and visitors, have liability insurance and have a policy.
Establishing the baseline for an environmental review
How to assess the current environmental performance situation in your business to establish a baseline
Benefits of health and safety management systems
Management systems help control risk, reduce costs and improve your reputation, other benefits include increased morale and possible lower insurance premiums.
REACH and storing chemicals
How the REACH Regulation may affect your business, and why you should keep records of chemicals that you use.