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Environment Secretary asks producers to address concerns over 'flushable' labelling of wet wipes
The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.
The scheme to wipe historic convictions for homosexual activity has been expanded.
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.
Product recall for personal cleansing products manufactured by Vernacare and sold under brand names Caremore, CCN/Medirite, CHL, Countrywide, Fairfield and Fittleworth presenting a microbiological risk due to contamination with the bacterial Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.
The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Your local council is responsible for sweeping streets and removing litter - report any problems to your local council
Product recall for Vernacare wetwipes and personal cleansing products, including bedbaths, shampoo caps, wash mitts, cleansing wipes and barrier cloths, presenting a risk of microbiological contamination due to the detection of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.
A faulty pipe leaked deadly fertiliser into River Witham, stretching 46km in ‘one of the largest environmental incidents ever recorded in Lincolnshire’.
Over 120,000 former offenders will find it easier to get work and turn their lives away from crime following a change in the law.
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