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When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
Information on methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) (also known as 2-butanone) for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Restrictions on burning crop residues, and the rules you must follow when you burn to protect the environment and avoid causing nuisance.
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
How to apply for a licence from Defra to burn heather or grass on deep peat within a protected site.
This project looks to develop policy on controlled burns and to establish workable guidelines on when controlled burn may be appropriate.
The D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
You need a licence to burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium outside the burning season in Wales
Record of Freedom of Information request sent to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate 3 November 2014.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
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