Environment agency officers visited more than 100 sites across Berkshire and Buckinghamshire this week as part of a crack-down on waste crime and and safe waste disposal by businesses.
Angus Evers considers a recent Court of Appeal ruling in a long-running saga involving a Scottish landfill site operator that requested a landfill tax rebate for biodegradable waste that was used to generate electricity after being deposited
Angus Evers from King & Wood Mallesons explains new sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences and two recent consultations set to affect the sector.
Angus Evers from King & Wood Mallesons explains the EU Commission’s consultation on the functioning of waste markets in the EU and Defra’s proposals for a revised waste duty of care code of practice.
Angus Evers from King & Wood Mallesons considers whether the European Commission’s consultation on the circular economy is focusing on ever-decreasing circles
Sam Sandilands from Burges Salmon LLP keeps us abreast of the potential changes to waste’s regulatory regime as government consults on WEEE compliance fees and the EA consults on technical guidance WM3
Sam Sandilands from Burges Salmon LLP explains potential changes to the UK’s implementation of the Batteries Directive and to the European Commission’s Convention on Mercury.