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Farmers and waste companies urged to check waste management processes or face enforcement action
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The Environment Agency has intercepted increasing amounts of contaminated plastic waste which were bound for illegal export.
Coronavirus: Environment Agency update
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The Environment Agency’s priority is to protect people and the environment, and to support those we regulate during the coronavirus pandemic.
Environment Agency continue clamp down on illegal waste exporters as 21 containers are repatriated from Sri Lanka.
Healthcare for planets and humans: why looking after nature is good for mind, body, and the NHS
Speech
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.
Investing in nature is an investment in the NHS, says Environment Agency Chief Executive
Press release
Access to a healthy natural environment could save the NHS billions of pounds a year, Sir James Bevan will say in a speech at UCL
Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, gives a speech at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry on environmental regulation.
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