Legislations

This section provides brief explainations for some of the new environmental directives and legislations issued by the European Union or the UK Government.

For full details and requirements of the legislations, please refer to the government information leaflets or the original Act of Orders and Regulations that are downloadable as PDF document from the links in the list below. You can also access to the UK Regulatory Bodies for further information from the Links section.

As a guideline, the new legislations that might be most relevant to you are:-

If your products/ processes involve the usage of chemicals

COSHH
REACH
Hazardous Waste

If your products are electrical and electronic equipment/ parts

WEEE
RoHS
EuP
Batteries and Accumulators

If your products are vehicles/ vehicle parts

ELV
Batteries and Accumulators

If your produce/ import/ use packagings

Package and Packaging

For all manufacturers

PPC
Landfill

You may want to first assess your environmental compliance using the self-assessment tool developed by BusinessLink and Netregs.