Steve

Not really bothered about those sort of regulations, it's only about 6 shop bought rockets. I'm more concerned about safety and environmental protection, the general guidelines of firework disposal say to soak in water, then put in the bin. I guess the heavy metals will be just as bad dispersed in the air as buried, and things like perchlorates etc wouldn't be that bad in landfill sites.

The PIC is original old stuff, brown fast burning. I didn't realise it would be worth anything as it's not something I tend to deal with. What do you think 298m would be worth for a quick sale?

The rockets are standard shop bought rockets with heads on them.h There isn't room at our property for rockets, but someone brought them round to a bonfire night and left them here. I'm wondering if I could remove the motors, burn them upside down, then fuse the heads and set them off in a mortar tube. There is room for a mine, but there are too many buildings for rocket sticks to land on. Or I could also split them right open and throw contents on a bonfire.

You also need to check their photo ID, and only sell to the person holding the license, so posting the license isn't good enough. As per post #14 in this thread, the government response did say "The Government feels that as long as suitable checks and safe-guards can be applied, on-line sales could continue." but it looks like this is only if you are willing to deliver the goods to the customer in person.

Like Wayne says, I don't see why travelling is such a problem? I've driven across the country before to collect car parts, metalworking tools etc, it's a nice day out, usually have a nice chat with a like minded individual, look around all the neat stuff they have, see a new bit of the country. It's not like you have to do it every week.

If you're thinking of setting up a limited company to acquire these chemicals don't call it "bob's bits", be upfront, and name it Bob's Pyrotechnic Research. Although companies do not need a license, sellers still need to scrutinize who they are selling to and prove an "on-going business need for the restricted and above concentration Annex 1 chemicals".

Don't forget that Oxalic acid and Barium salts (other than barium sulphate, barium carbonate and barium silicofluoride) are now restricted under the poisons side and may be worth adding them to any license application. (The have always been illegal to sell to the general public under the old poisons legislation, but now it will be illegal to buy as well as sell without licenses).

Oliver, why would you not allow collections? Inoxia has always accepted collections from the warehouse, but Dunsfold Park is a secure site, not sure where you keep your chemicals.

The government did answer some questions regarding internet sales:

Inoxia will continue to supply potassium perchlorate to licensed customers who collect and business by hazardous goods courier.

As a silver lining to all this, Ammonium Perchlorate is a tricky substance to sell legally, but buyers with a license for Potassium Perchlorate would solve a lot of duty of care problems, and once things settle down, I'm going to look into supplying this to licensed buyers.