The Environment Agency (EA) released its new five-year plan on Thursday (9 July), urging the government not to return to ‘business as usual’ in its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.The document, entitled ‘EA2025: Creating a better place’, outlines a new approach to promote health, equity and environmental enhancement in the wake of the... More
85 per cent of Brits believe that food packaging should be compostable, with two thirds of those asked agreeing that the food industry should lead the move towards compostable packaging, according to the results of a new Populus poll released today (8 July).
Waste management company Biffa has lost an appeal against a guilty verdict handed down in June 2019 for being in breach of waste export regulations after attempting to export contaminated waste to China.
A report released by WWF and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) yesterday (1 July) outlines the measures that need to be taken within the EU to halve food waste by 2030, in accordance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13.1.
Waste management company Veolia has submitted its planning application for a new energy-from-waste facility near Alton, Hampshire, which it says will save 65,000 tonnes in carbon emissions each year.
A new campaign has been launched by Bristol Waste Company to encourage Bristol residents to put food waste into their designated food waste bin and reduce the amount of food they throw out.
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.
Resource management company Geminor has signed a contract with Danish energy-from-waste company ARC to provide low-carbon refuse-derived fuel to the Copenhagen region.
The arc21 residual waste project is an ‘essential’ part of Northern Ireland’s waste management plans, according to a report by consultancy Grant Thornton.
A new report by Zero Waste Scotland has concluded that food reform is vital to Scotland reaching net-zero by 2045, with finding ways to turn food waste into value at the heart of this reform.
Government ministers have criticised ‘excessively tight’ restrictions at HWRCs following their re-opening in a letter to local authorities, sparking disappointment over the letter’s ‘tone’ from local authority associations.
A circular economy will help the UK build back better, bolstering the economy by £75 billion and creating half a million jobs, as the UK looks set to face its biggest recession in 300 years.
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.
