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This section describes the statutory, business and third section mechanisms for micro and other plastics.
When you can treat waste plastic using heat without an environmental permit.
This review found examples in a few case studies in India, UK, Netherlands, Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa
A call for evidence on using the tax system or charges to address single-use plastic waste
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Seeking views on options for plastic recycling targets between 2016 and 2020 and glass recycling targets for 2018 to 2020.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste coded 16 03 06 when this code is not listed in your permit or waste exemption.
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
This consultation seeks views on the potential adoption of a mass balance approach for chemically recycled plastic in the Plastic Packaging Tax.
This study assesses the impact of a lean-season food transfer on household food security, diet, and nutrition status of young children
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
The sources and scale of plastics in the environment, their impact, and how the issue is being tackled.
Defra is asking for evidence to help determine future single-use plastic policy.
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