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Issue 99
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Glenys Stacey
MPs give green light to Dame Glenys Stacey as Chair of OEP

MPs have today published their assessment of the Government’s choice for Chair of the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), a new public body designed to hold the Government to account for breaches of environmental law, replacing the role formerly held by the European Commission prior to the UK’s exit from the EU.


WRA to challenge hazardous waste regulations

The Wood Recyclers’ Association fears the new regulations will damage the waste wood supply chain

Peter James, partner and head of health and safety at national law firm BLM
What do waste companies need to know about Covid-19 inspections?

Peter James, partner and head of health and safety at national law firm BLM, explains what waste management companies need to be aware of when it comes to Covid-19 inspections.

Defra to extend plastic bag charge in England
Defra to extend plastic bag charge in England
By
Lidia Creech
| 1 September 2020 |
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that it will be extending the plastic bag charge in England to all retailers from April 2021 as part of its ‘war on plastic waste’.
EA outlines standard rules changes in consultation response
EA outlines standard rules changes in consultation response
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Lidia Creech
| 27 August 2020 |
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The Environment Agency (EA) has announced that it will be increasing storage limits at waste transfer stations under its new standard rules permits, with details revealed in a consultation response document on Monday (24 August).
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Defra to consult on revised waste management plan
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Lidia Creech
| 21 August 2020 |
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to consult on a revised Waste Management Plan for England, though it is not currently proposing any new policies.
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Government to set legally-binding waste targets
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Lidia Creech
| 20 August 2020 |
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is set to introduce legally-binding targets for waste and other environmental issue areas as part of the government’s Environment Bill.
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Glass industry reiterates concerns over ‘all-in’ DRS
By
Lidia Creech
| 17 August 2020 |
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Glass recycling company Recresco has reiterated concerns from the glass industry over the mooted ‘all-in’ UK deposit return scheme (DRS) for beverage containers, warning it could have a “negative rather than a positive impact” on the UK recycling.
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Defra outlines plans for monitoring resources policy
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Lidia Creech
| 12 August 2020 |
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released two policy papers on monitoring and evaluation of the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy for England.
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Defra to recruit head of Office for Environmental Protection
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Lidia Creech
| 11 August 2020 |
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Defra has begun the recruitment process for the inaugural Chair of the Office for Environmental Protection.
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Government to consider legislating over cigarette butt litter
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Lidia Creech
| 13 July 2020 |
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Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has warned the tobacco industry to “step up” and play its part in tackling cigarette butt litter or the government will consider legislating to force the industry to tackle the issue.
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China to ban all imports of solid waste from 2021
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Lidia Creech
| 8 July 2020 |
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The Chinese Government is set to ban all imports of solid waste from 2021, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has learned.
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EA permitting capacity barrier to waste sector contribution to ‘new deal’
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Lidia Creech
| 1 July 2020 |
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The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has expressed concerns over a lack of permitting capacity at the Environment Agency (EA) in response to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a significant infrastructure investment in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Northern Ireland launches consultation on future of recycling
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Emma Love
| 29 June 2020 |
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Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a consultation on the future of recycling in the country as it seeks to reach a 65 per cent recycling rate by 2035. 
Transition to circular economy must be part of climate strategy, says CCC
Transition to circular economy must be part of climate strategy, says CCC
By
Olivia Rutherford
| 26 June 2020 |
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The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has urged the government to accelerate the transition to a circular economy as part of a Covid-19 recovery plan that prioritises the climate crisis, reiterating its call for a ban on biodegradable waste to landfill by 2025.
The Tame Valley Wetlands in Warwickshire
Charities to receive £1.65m from EA enforcement actions
By
Lidia Creech
| 22 June 2020 |
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Enforcement undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency (EA) for breaches of environmental regulations have totalled £1.65 million for the past six months.
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Brexit risk to waste and resources increasing, says Greener UK
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Lidia Creech
| 22 June 2020 |
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The risk posed to the waste and resources sector by Brexit has increased over the last few months, with the UK falling further behind EU standards and ambition, according to Greener UK’s latest Brexit Risk Tracker.
Government could push ahead with free garden waste collections, says Eustice
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18 June 2020 |
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Garden waste collections may be made free by the passing of the Environment Bill to improve consistency in recycling, says Environment Secretary George Eustice.
Fears raised that EU waste-to-fuel plans could undermine recycling
Concern that EU waste-to-fuel plans could undermine recycling
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Lidia Creech
| 16 June 2020 |
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Plans to include fuels made from non-renewable materials in the EU’s renewable energy plans could undermine recycling progress, according to a new policy briefing by Zero Waste Europe, Bellona Europe and Rethink Plastic.
Most WEEE to be classed as hazardous, says EA
Most WEEE to be treated as hazardous, says EA
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Lidia Creech
| 10 June 2020 |
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Most classes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK must now be classed as hazardous waste or containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) unless it can be proved otherwise, according to updated guidance by the Environment Agency (EA).
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WEEE compliance fee to take Covid-19 into account, says Defra
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Lidia Creech
| 9 June 2020 |
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced yesterday (8 June) that any methodology for calculating the 2020 waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance fee will take the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic into account.
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Coalition calls on government to implement ‘total ban’ on oxodegradables
By
Olivia Rutherford
| 4 June 2020 |
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A coalition of trade organisations has written to the Environment Secretary George Eustice (1 June) pressing for a ‘total ban’ on oxodegradable plastics.
What the UK can learn from Italy’s compostable packaging EPR scheme
What the UK can learn from Italy’s compostable packaging EPR scheme
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David Newman
| 4 June 2020 |
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BBIA Managing Director David Newman looks at how Italy’s new EPR scheme for compostable packaging will work and what lessons it can provide the UK as it revises its packaging EPR system.
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