The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published its second version of illustrative base fees for the upcoming Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) scheme.
Eunomia report outlines strategies for the EU to adjust its material and waste management laws that will help meet targets to limit global warming to under 1.5°C
Spring budget includes a rise of over 20 per cent in both main and lower-rate of landfill charges, raising an additional £50 million for the public purse each year.
Waste and recycling firms are being urged to check whether they are meeting their legal duties for storing and processing waste wood under RPS 291 as the Environment Agency starts to actively check compliance.
Government plans secondary legislation to ensure parity for online retailers, with a particular focus on improving management of small WEEE and disposable vapes
New policy sets out England’s new approach to recycling, which Government says will repeal ‘outdated EU-derived collection rules and reduce pressure on the environment’
Industry association RECHARGE says it will support policymakers in shaping secondary acts of legislation, seeking to make batteries more sustainable at every point in the supply chain
