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Gaining recognition through environmental standards
How to use environmental standards to help gain recognition of the environmental credentials of your business.
What a site waste management plan should contain
What information needs to be included in your site waste management plan for your construction site.
What is a site waste management plan?
The different types of site waste management plan and the types of construction project they are most appropriate for.
Product safety advice and enforcement
How product safety is enforced locally and role of your local council’s Environmental Health Department.
What is Intrastat and who has to make returns?
Work out whether you're required to complete an Intrastat return.
How and when do I submit my Intrastat return?
Guidance on completing the Intrastat return.
Identify construction waste and consider how to manage it
How estimating the types and amounts of waste on your building site will help you plan how to manage it.
Improve the way construction materials are bought and supplied
How to reduce construction site waste by improving the way your business buys and receives materials.
Site waste management communication and training
Informing everyone on site about the site waste management plan and providing training so they can follow it.
Monitor your site waste management plan's effectiveness
Monitor the effectiveness of your site waste management plan by collecting and analysing construction waste data.
Ongoing environmental improvement
Plan and collect feedback, set targets, monitor success, change, adapt and re-evaluate to keep on track.
Evaluate your ecodesign products
How to use feedback from production and sales departments to ensure the manufacture of profitable ecodesign products
Identifying invasive plants
How to identify the most common invasive plants around your premises or land in order to find the right solution.
How to source and design low-carbon products
How to design or find suppliers of low-carbon goods and materials to benefit the environment and attract new customers.
Use paper efficiently in your office
How to use paper efficiently in your office in order to reduce costs and the environmental impacts of your business.
How invasive plants spread
Guidance to understand specific ways in which different invasive plants can spread and multiply, and how to stop them.
Making environmental claims
Good practice when you make green claims about your products and services and information on what you can't claim.
Using environmental labelling
Green labelling schemes that you may be able to apply to the products and services that your business sells.
Store and handle construction waste materials effectively
How storing and handling construction waste properly can help you comply with legislation and manage waste.
How to avoid unauthorised effluent discharges
How your business can avoid discharging effluent without permission and potentially incurring costly fines.