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For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
The UK along with 170 countries attended the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Canada this week.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
A director and his Manchester-based company have been hit with substantial fines following a significant breach of environmental regulations.
Last week 25 school children from Gizo and Emmanuel schools, Western province, completed 3 days of plastic art creation at the Gizo School Hall.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
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.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
When you can treat waste plastic using heat without an environmental permit.
This series brings together all documents relating to Waste and recycling statistics.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
A consultation on banning wet wipes containing plastic across the UK has been launched today under plans to tackle plastic pollution and clean up waterways.
Seeking views on options for plastic recycling targets between 2016 and 2020 and glass recycling targets for 2018 to 2020.
Seeking views on plans to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds in England.
The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.
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