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More than 100 young people learned about reducing pollution and solid waste in Guatemala over a two day of workshop.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Environment Agency has this week carried out one of its biggest ever vehicle seizure operations in England.
DASA are seeking proposals to develop a Bioprocessing Prototype System to recycle military waste, oils, fuel and other liquid waste, into reusable products.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Third man gets suspended sentence and night curfew following waste crime convictions.
Ben Elliot calls for an end to the 'moral and economic scandal' of food waste.
A Norfolk farmer collected and burned hazardous waste including fridges, freezers and dead animals despite Environment Agency warnings.
First round of funding awarded to redistribution organisations to substantially reduce food waste from businesses.
Storage and disposal breaches by Woodstock business.
When their site filled with waste collected for a national rubbish clearance firm, Benjamin and Daniel Ling had to stop using the land in Tolpuddle.
Government awards £400,000 to tech companies to track waste through the economy.
The government launches a series of consultations to overhaul the waste system.
Environment Agency joins colleagues in roadside swoop on lorries and vans
Two Scottish universities that are leading projects to tackle global grand challenges will receive over £35 million in UK Government funding.
Up to £6 million in simultaneous grant and private investment is on offer to UK businesses with innovative solutions to reduce pollution in the world's oceans.
Fund opens to substantially reduce food waste from food businesses.
Businesses and manufacturers to pay the full cost of recycling or disposing of their packaging waste under government’s Resources and Waste Strategy.
Rugeley illegal waste following organised waste crime
Defra joins forces with Keep Britain Tidy to launch the ‘Keep it, Bin it’ campaign
The Foreign Office Minister of State Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has announced a 97% drop in single-use plastics being used by Foreign Office staff in the UK.
The government is stepping up its fight against rogue ‘man-with-a-van’ waste carriers who fly-tip.
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