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When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
A director and his Manchester-based company have been hit with substantial fines following a significant breach of environmental regulations.
Budget 2018 announced that the government will introduce a world-leading new tax on produced or imported plastic packaging. Subject to consultation, this will apply to all plastic packaging that doesn’t include at least 30% recycled content.
The appropriate measures for waste treatment at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for the treatment of WEEE.
Last week 25 school children from Gizo and Emmanuel schools, Western province, completed 3 days of plastic art creation at the Gizo School Hall.
Defra is asking for evidence to help determine future single-use plastic policy.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Seeking views on plans to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds in England.
Offenders will be put to work to pay back the communities they have harmed as part of a week-long nationwide clean-up of Britain’s coastline.
Report setting out conclusions from a review of industry standards for biodegradable plastic bags.
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