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Guidance on Involving your employees in Health and Safety [UK]

The Health and Safety Executive have published the article Involving your workforce in health and safety: Guidance for all workplaces on their webpage. The guidance is predominantly for medium to…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #Health & Safety
  • #Occupational health & Safety
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REACH: updated list of titles and references of harmonized standards concerning restrictions for nickel [EU]

On 15 January 2016, the European Commission (EC) published the updated list of titles and references of harmonized standards under entry 27 (concerning nickel) in Annex XVII to the REACH…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #nickel
  • #REACH
  • #Regulations
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PHMSA adopts provisions from 96 special permits into its hazardous materials regulations [US]

On January 21, 2016, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced in the Federal Register that it has adopted provisions contained in certain widely-used special permits for hazardous…

  • Environment
  • Transport
  • #hazardous materials
  • #permits
  • #safety
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ESOS Guidance 2016 [UK]

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published A Guide To Implementing Energy Savings Opportunities on its web page on 13th January 2016. The guidance is aimed at supporting…

  • Energy
  • Environment
  • #ESOS
  • #guidance
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Guidance on Waste Incineration [UK]

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published the Consultation outcome - Waste incineration guidance: proposed amendments on its webpage. The resulting guidance has also been published…

  • Environment
  • Waste Management
  • #Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
  • #incineration
  • #waste
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Federal Court Refuses To Block Clean Power Plan Until Litigation Concludes [US]

On January 21, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to halt implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan until the…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • Transport
  • Waste Management
  • #Clean Power Plan
  • #Environment
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Plastics Industry guidance [UK]

The Health and Safety Executive has published updated guidance and safety publication documents on its webpage. The guidance is specifically for the plastics industry and contains variety of updated documents…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #guidance
  • #plastics
  • #risks
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Guidance on Waste Management Trials [UK]

The Environment Agency (EA) has published Guidance - Waste management: regulation of trials of new waste management techniques on its webpage. The guidance states the methods of how the EA…

  • Environment
  • Waste Management
  • #Environment
  • #waste
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EPA Releases 2014 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis [US]

On January 21, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of the 2014 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis.  Using data submitted annually by facilities that use certain…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #chemical waste
  • #toxic
  • #TRI
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DEFRA Open Consultation on Energy from Waste. Views sought on changing the energy efficiency formula [UK]

The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published an Open consultation - Energy from waste: changing the energy efficiency formula (‘R1’ Formula) on its webpage. The consultation…

  • Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Environment
  • Waste Management
  • #climate
  • #energy
  • #waste
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