>> Read about adhesives you use to glue components together when you assemble machinery or equipment.

>> Read this guidance is relevant if you manufacture, import, sell or distribute batteries or electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) that contains batteries.

>> Read guidance on insulation materials you might use if your business manufactures boilers.

>> Read about managing materials for craft, design and technology courses at schools

>> Read our guidance on manufacture and use of  detergents

>> Read about using fertilisers in forestry operations

>> Read about storing and handling food to prevent pollution

>> Read about removing harmful chemicals from your processes

>> Read our guidance for importers, manufacturers or sellers of light bulbs and lamps

>> Read our guidance on the storage and disposal of medicines

For information on metal working as part of secondary school courses, see our Design and Technology/Craft and Design guidance.

Design and technology/craft and design materials

Further or higher education establishments which run courses teaching the skills associated with processes used in industry and business can find useful guidance in the NetRegs guidance for metal working businesses.

Fabricated metal products

Surface treatment of metals

>> Read about reprocessing and disposal of plaster and plasterboard

>> Read about delivery, handling and storage of powdered materials

>> Read about powders used for sintering and metals production

>> Read about the public sector timber procurement policy

>> Read about good practice when choosing raw materials for paper manufacture

>> This guidance is relevant if you sell electrical and electronic equipment (EEE).

>> This guidance is relevant to your retail or wholesale business if you sell or distribute batteries or collect waste batteries

>> Guidance on your responsibilities if you sell chemicals either retail or wholesale.

>> Read about transferring powdered materials into silos

>> Read about hiring out skips and having skips on your site

>> Read about using chemicals in plastics processes

>> Read about chemicals used in rubber processes

>> Read about using fertilisers

>> Read about wood and wood products

>> Read our guidance on the use of fertilisers by green keepers on golf courses