The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has reintroduced the Agriculture Bill to Parliament, with soil quality at the heart of a new land management system that rewards farmers for environmental protection.
Announced in the Queen’s Speech, the Bill was given its first reading in the House of Commons yesterday (16 January) after the previous Bill... More
The government has today (16th January) launched a new task force to crack down on waste crime, which costs the UK economy at least £600 million a year.
The Javelin Park energy-from-waste (EfW) facility is now fully operational, accepting up to 190,000 tonnes of residual waste and producing over 116,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year.
Cornwall County Council has agreed a new eight-year waste and recycling collection contract with Biffa, which is expected to increase tonnages of recyclable materials collected at the kerbside by 59 per cent.
The Environment Agency’s packaging producer responsibility monitoring plan 2020 has dropped its planned number of site inspections of accredited operators to 110 from 160 in 2019.
A new report from the Environmental Services Association (ESA), produced by Eunomia Research and Consulting, has concluded that local authorities in England that contract out their waste services achieve higher recycling rates than in-house services.
A new project has been established to help Welsh local authorities develop treatment and recycling solutions for absorbent hygiene product (AHP) waste.
With 2020 upon us, REPIC CEO Mark Burrows-Smith reflects on the year gone by – and it’s certainly been an interesting one for waste industry stakeholders and producer compliance schemes.
Scottish waste management firm Binn Group has submitted revised plans to build a £70-million energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Binn EcoPark near Glenfarg in Perth and Kinross.
A report from think tank Green Alliance has highlighted that supermarkets are under increasing public pressure to cut down on plastic, resulting in the increased use of alternative materials which often have greater environmental consequences.
The On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) is set to launch a new binary labelling system this month, reflecting consumer desire for simpler recycling information.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has approved the fifth phase of its Distributor Takeback Scheme (DTS) for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), which will see large retailers operate in-store take-back schemes from 2021.
Wolverhampton Council’s waste services are set to make a budget loss of £800,000 for 2019/20, following the implementation of a new garden waste collection service in 2019.
The UK’s first waste-to-hydrogen plant using technology developed by Powerhouse Energy Group has secured funding for the next stage of its development at its site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
