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We won't be forcing councils or households to adopt any type of collections if it isn't what householders want.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This Coalition Government is on a mission to transform our economy.
Helping people to do the right thing by reducing waste and increase recycling at home, on the move or as part of their business.
The letter Mark Higson, Chief Executive, Office for Nuclear Development, sent to Dr Mike Weightman regarding issues relating to National Policy…
Lieutenant General Sir Philip Trousdell KBE CB has been appointed as interim Chair of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority to take over from Sir…
Today I have laid before the House the Chief Nuclear Inspector’s interim report on the events at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear site in …
These provisional results summarise waste collected and managed by local authorities in England in the 12 months from October 2009 to September 2010.
Bob Neill and Lord Henley have written to all local authority chief executives on the subject of charging for rubbish bin collections.
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…
Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to Dr Mike Weightman regarding the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
“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…
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…
Carrierpacs were developed following a successful bid for research and development funding through WRAP's retail programme.
Charles Hendry MP: Minister of State for Energy The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will publish on 7th February a consultation…
The Government today opened a consultation on the long-term management options for the UK’s existing civil plutonium stocks. The UK’s civil…
National Statistics on local authority collected waste management were published today by Defra according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
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.
The final results provide estimates of the amount of waste that businesses generate and how it is managed.
A new anti-littering message, 'Love Where You Live', announced after new statistics show that England's litter problem is not improving.
Guidance sets out requirements for new nuclear clean-up funds Waste disposal charging method provides certainty but no subsidy…
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