Other solvent activities

Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation) or dyeing of textile fibres or textiles where the treatment capacity exceeds 10 tonnes per day. This is a Schedule 20 activity.

Find out about the permit authorisation needed to carry out the surface treatment of substances, objects or products using organic solvents, where the organic solvent consumption capacity of more than 150 kg per hour or more than 200 tonnes per year. This is a Schedule 20 activity.

Find out about the registration authorisation needed for the repainting or respraying road vehicles or parts of them where the organic solvent use is 2 tonnes or more in any 12-month period. This is a Schedule 26 activity.

Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the repainting or respraying aircraft or railway vehicles or parts of them if the activity may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound. This is a Schedule 26 activity.

Find out about the permit authorisation needed for all other coating activity not covered elsewhere (excluding the repainting or respraying of, or of part of, aircraft or road or railway vehicles). This is a Schedule 26 activity.

Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the production of organic chemicals for dyes and pigments. This is a Schedule 20 activity.

Find out about the permit authorisation needed for the manufacture or formulation of any coating material (such as printing ink) likely to involve the use of 100 tonnes or more of organic solvents in any 12-month period. This is a Schedule 26 activity.