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Simpler Recycling: Defra announces details for consistently managing England’s household waste

The announcement represents a milestone after several years of debate about the requirements to be placed on recycling collection, following the ‘Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England’ consultation.

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England: Defra publishes local authority fly-tipping stats for 2021/22

Defra has published local authority fly-tipping league tables to improve transparency around the enforcement of waste crimes

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Earth Overshoot Day: Over 80 per cent of Britons want plastic phased out

The overshoot date can be pushed back considerably by reducing plastic waste

Waste crime fly tipping
Almost a fifth of all waste in England is illegally managed
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Josh Templeman
| 6 July 2023 |
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The figure accounts for approximately 34 million tonnes of waste across England annually, enough to fill up to an estimated 4 million skips
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Local authorities lack funding to reach waste crime targets
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Savannah Coombe
| 12 May 2023 |
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A new poll shows that local authority Waste and Recycling Officers think that the Government’s target to eliminate waste crime by 2043 will not be reached
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EA targets waste criminals on ‘day of action’
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Becky Goodall
| 17 January 2023 |
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Officers from the Environment Agency and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime visited sites across England as part of operations to crack down on waste criminals.
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: End plastic waste exports by 2027
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Amelia Kelly
| 7 November 2022 |
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The UK exports 60 per cent of the 2.5 million tonnes of plastic packaging it creates
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Environment Agency: ‘Waste crime in England is endemic’
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Savannah Coombe
| 3 November 2022 |
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Only 25 per cent of waste crimes are reported and almost a fifth of waste is handled illegally 
Fire services tend to two waste fires ignited during Bonfire weekend
Fire at illegal waste site enters second month
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Savannah Coombe
| 28 October 2022 |
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South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue is entering its second month fighting the fire at Kiveton Park Industrial Estate
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Series of recommendations issued regarding Defra’s progress on waste crime
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Savannah Coombe
| 25 October 2022 |
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Defra has been given 42 days to respond to the report
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Government ‘closer to decriminalisation’ of waste crime than prosecution, report says
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Savannah Coombe
| 19 October 2022 |
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Defra and EA making ‘slow and piecemeal’ progress to implement the Resources and Waste Strategy
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New research from FCC Environment reveals appetite for reuse
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Alice Lang
| 6 October 2022 |
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The YouGov-led survey found that 80 per cent would like to see a reuse shop near their HWRC
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Darlington man prosecuted for waste offences
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Amelia Kelly
| 6 September 2022 |
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The 26-year-old previously pleaded guilty to involvement in illegally misdescribing waste for financial gain
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LGA warns that ‘lenient guidelines’ lead to low fly-tipping fines
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Amelia Kelly
| 22 August 2022 |
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Findings show that the average fines issued by courts averaged £65 less than the £400 fixed penalty notice
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Major retailers’ garment waste burnt to fuel Cambodian kilns
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Amelia Kelly
| 9 August 2022 |
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An Unearthed investigation has identified a stream of textile waste acting as cheap fuel for brick kilns
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WRAP awards £1.2 million funding to global waste innovators
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Amelia Kelly
| 28 July 2022 |
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The investment aims ‘to drive forward international innovation in key regions in the world’
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Landfill Tax rebate to assist brownfield redevelopment
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Amelia Kelly
| 21 July 2022 |
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Councils across England could receive grants to transform underused and derelict sites
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Dereham garage owner jailed for storing end of life vehicles
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Amelia Kelly
| 20 July 2022 |
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A 65-year-old man was ordered to pay costs of £5,000 and given a six-month jail sentence
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Supply chain food redistribution grew 16 per cent in 2021
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Amelia Kelly
| 7 July 2022 |
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WRAP report highlights progress, but nearly 200,000 tonnes of surplus food still goes uneaten
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EU aims to ‘end greenwashing’ with climate impact reporting
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Amelia Kelly
| 23 June 2022 |
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Large companies will need to publicly disclose management of social affairs, governance, and environmental risks
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Defra to ‘crack down’ on waste crime
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Emma Love
| 21 January 2022 |
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Jo Churchill outlined new proposals to reform the CBD system and implement digital waste tracking
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EEB sceptical of revised Waste Shipment Regulation proposal
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Kai Malloy
| 18 November 2021 |
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The legislation is tasked with bringing export policy in line with the waste treatment hierarchy
Carlisle North West Recycling facility fire
326 tonnes of waste burnt in Carlisle fire
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Kai Malloy
| 11 November 2021 |
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The North West Recycling facility saw mixed waste material set ablaze 
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