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Environcom England Ltd, an electrical appliances recycling company, has been fined £35,000 for putting the local community and the environment at risk.

Companies that place plant protection products (PPPs), their ingredients or adjuvants on the market for professional use, must register to comply with the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 by 22 September 2021.

The Health and Safety Executive has issued a call for test data on an endpoint related to: 2-ethylhexyl 10-ethyl-4,4-dimethyl-7-oxo-8-oxa-3,5-dithia-4-stannatetradecanoate to avoid unnecessary testing on animals under UK REACH.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have published a list of adopted opinions, granted UK REACH authorisations and in-progress applications.

The United Kingdom has countersigned Multilateral Special Agreement 340 and RID 06/2021 regarding the carriage of sodium-ion batteries and sodium-ion cells using an organic electrolyte or sodium-ion batteries and sodium-ion cells using an organic electrolyte contained in equipment or packed with equipment.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a list of Carriage of Dangerous Goods prohibition notices issued by the police, issued by Police or Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) or the Department for Transport for January 2021.

In a rollout described by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) as phenomenal, three-quarters of adults in the UK have now received both doses of one of the Covid-19 vaccines.