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Materials recycling design in electrical and electronic equipment
Consider how materials will be recycled when electrical and electronic products have reached the end of their life.
Components and printed circuit board efficient design
Some of the different options for businesses when designing components and printed circuit boards to reduce costs.
Placing manufactured products on the market in Great Britain
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
UKCA marking: roles and responsibilities
If the UKCA marking applies to products you manufacture or supply, you will have specific obligations and responsibilities for compliance, depending on your role.
UKCA marking: conformity assessment and documentation
How to make sure that your products are properly checked for conformity and your technical documents are managed correctly.
Engineering business solvents and hazardous waste reduction
Guidance on the techniques for reducing solvent use and managing hazardous waste in engineering industries.
Reducing solvent use during surface cleaning
How your manufacturing business can reduce solvent use when cleaning and preparing surfaces of product components.
Using the UKCA marking
Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.
CE marking
What is CE marking, why is it mandatory for certain regulated products, and how to place CE marking on your products.
Manufacturing explosives
Explosives manufacturing is a hazardous business activity with specific regulations and licence requirements.
Printing business waste reduction
How printing businesses can reduce their waste and ways to deal effectively with the waste they do produce.
Explosives manufacturing and storage site safety and security
Guidance on separation distances, disposal rules and how to limit access to explosives to only authorised persons.
Do I need a licence to manufacture explosives?
The types of explosives manufacturing activities which require a licence and those activities which don’t.
Safety requirements when manufacturing explosives
A detailed overview of your health and safety responsibilities when manufacturing and storing explosives.
How to get an explosives licence or registration
Different types of explosives manufacturing and storage licences and registration and where to obtain them.
Do I need a licence to store explosives?
If your manufacturing business also stores explosives during the manufacturing process you will need a licence.
Types of explosives and explosive substances
The different types of explosives which you need a licence to manufacture and types of substances which are exempt.
Reduce waste during production and finishing in your printing business
How printing businesses can work to reduce unnecessary waste during the production and finishing processes.
Planning, buying and stocking substrate for your printing business
Buying and stocking procedures can help printing businesses to reduce waste substrate and cut costs.
Paper and substrate choices for your printing business
How choosing the right substrate can affect the costs and environmental impacts of printing businesses.