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Find out if you need to pay to drive in a clean air zone and check your vehicle meets emission standards.
Check your council's website to find out when your rubbish will be collected
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
These rules apply to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). There…
The rules for bringing your pet cat, dog or ferret into Great Britain…
Which pet travel documents you need will depend on where you’re travelling…
You must get your pet microchipped before, or at the same time as, their…
You must get your dog, cat or ferret vaccinated against rabies before it…
A vet must treat your dog for tapeworm and record it in the pet passport…
People with assistance dogs can: travel on more routes than people with…
You can only use certain travel routes and companies to enter Great…
You cannot bring more than 5 pets to Great Britain (England, Wales and…
When you arrive in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), your pet’s…
Arrange a special collection for large waste items - most councils will collect things like old sofas, fridges or washing machines for a fee
Owners and vets can use this form to confirm an XL Bully dog has been neutered.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
Check your council's website to report a missed bin collection
How to get your dog or cat fitted with a microchip: when to get it done, who can do it, how to update your details, what to do when getting a dog or cat
Register or renew registration with the Environment Agency to transport, buy, sell or broker waste.
Arrange for the collection of garden waste by your council
How to bring goods into the UK from any country, including how much tax and duty you’ll need to pay and whether you need to get a licence or certificate.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Find out how to get a recycling bin from your local council
Collecting land, crops and livestock information and surveying farm management practice with Defra agricultural surveys
Arrange for a collection of clinical waste - for items like used syringes, drugs, pharmaceuticals and surgical waste
Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of waste or rubbish - report it to the local council or to Crimestoppers
Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online
You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog
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