If you're developing an innovative technology, product, process or service, read our new innovation guidance tailored for your business type, to find out the key regulations that you need to comply with.
Innovative technologies, products, processes or services may improve your business. Some ‘green technologies’ may also benefit the environment and are supported by the environmental regulators.
However, before you use or develop innovative technologies or products of any type you need to consider their environmental impacts. The impacts of innovation can be unknown and you may need to take steps to comply with the law and protect the environment.
Examples of business and technological innovation include new:
- uses of waste
- waste recycling or reprocessing activities
- waste water treatment methods
- approaches to cleaning up land contamination or water pollution
- environmental and clean technologies
- uses of chemistry and chemicals
- uses of biotechnology or nanotechnology.
Business innovation guidance for your business type
Agriculture
Chemicals
Construction and building trades
Education
Fabricated metal products
Fishing and aquaculture
Food and drink processing
Healthcare
Hospitality, leisure and tourism
Leather
Machinery, electrical equipment and electronics
Metals production and processing
Mineral products
Mining and quarrying
Pest control
Printing and publishing
Pulp, paper and cardboard
Recorded media
Recycling and reprocessing businesses
Rubber and plastic products
Surface treatment of metals
Textiles and clothing
Waste and sewage
Wood and timber products
