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  • Huhne: nuclear safety is number one priority

    Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP today set out further detail on the UK Chief Nuclear Inspector&rsquo…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to Dr Mike Weightman

    Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to Dr Mike Weightman regarding the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

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  • The nuclear situation in Japan: statement by The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP

    “We take this incident extremely seriously even though there is no reason to expect a similar scale of seismic activity in the UK. I have called…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £4M for nuclear security abroad

    The UK will make a contribution of £4m to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Nuclear Security Fund for 2011-13. This will support work…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Spelman sees resource efficiency in action

    Carrierpacs were developed following a successful bid for research and development funding through WRAP's retail programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation on management of the UK's plutonium stocks: written ministerial statements by Charles Hendry and Lord Marland

    Charles Hendry MP: Minister of State for Energy The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will publish on 7th February a consultation…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Plutonium consultation launched

    The Government today opened a consultation on the long-term management options for the UK’s existing civil plutonium stocks. The UK’s civil…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Local authority collected waste management statistics for England: provisional quarter 1 of 2010/11

    National Statistics on local authority collected waste management were published today by Defra according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ‘Bin tax’: myths busted

    Owners of second homes rented out for less than 140 days per year pay council tax and will continue to receive a normal waste collection.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Survey of commercial and industrial waste arisings 2010: Final results

    The final results provide estimates of the amount of waste that businesses generate and how it is managed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Litter Convention announces new message and statistics

    A new anti-littering message, 'Love Where You Live', announced after new statistics show that England's litter problem is not improving.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New nuclear clean-up proposals avoid public subsidy

    Guidance sets out requirements for new nuclear clean-up funds Waste disposal charging method provides certainty but no subsidy…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Anaerobic Digestion framework document published

    An anaerobic digestion framework document was today published by the Government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra spending over £25,000 published

    The UK Government portal for transparency, data.gov.uk, gives the public and developers easy access to data from all levels of government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord Henley’s keynote address to Green Alliance conference on the Eco Design Directive

    Lord Henley’s keynote address to Green Alliance conference on the Eco Design Directive.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Survey of commercial and industrial waste arisings 2010: interim results

    These results provide estimates of the amount of waste that businesses generate and how it is managed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Controlled Waste Regulations consultation published

    A consultation on proposals to replace or amend the Controlled Waste Regulations (1992) relating to certain non-domestic properties.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Municipal waste management final annual statistics of 2009/10

    Defra today published final estimates from the Department’s survey of municipal waste in England.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK packaging recycling targets for 2011 and 2012 and summary of packaging consultation published

    UK packaging recycling targets for 2011 and 2012 have been published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Changes to PFI Programme

    Withdrawal of provisional allocation of PFI credits from projects that will now not be needed to meet the 2020 landfill diversion targets.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government