NEWS Archive

On 19 December, the EA published both an updated set of numbers for 2023 and the data for the first half of 2024 (H1). The...

The Waste Export Controls Tool (WECT) is a dreadful Excel file that can be used to determine what controls apply to different...

Under the Packaging Waste regulations, the regulators are required to publish an annual Compliance Monditoring Plan. This used...

The Environment Agency - along with other regulatory bodies in England - is subject to the Regulators code. This requires them...

In anticipation of regulations for Simpler Recycling in England being laid before Christmas, Defra has published guidance that...

For anyone providing products into the UK or overseas markets, Assent provides a vast range of information on compliance with...

The EA has finally, after two years of discussion, published the updated guidance on when used EEE becomes waste. This is an...

Defra has circulated their first newsletter since the change in government. The main focus is the recent publication of the EPR...

New guidance has been published (9 Aug) on how lead acid batteries must be managed to take account of Persistent Organic...

Defra has finally published its first estimate of the base fees that will be applied to packaging reported by producers as...

The EA has issued both a Regulatory Position Statement and Guidance LIT 72733 - Glass from waste treatment facilities (002) in...

Good afternoon, Last week the Prime Minister announced that the UK Parliamentary General Election will be held on 4 July 2024....

With most of the producer responsibility data focus seemingly on EPR at the moment, it seems that a number of packaging...

Defra has sent the proposed regulations for the Deposit Return Scheme for England and Northern Ireland to the World Trade...

The government has published its response to the consultation on Simpler Recycling - originally called Consistency - laying out...

The EA has previously consulted on a new - and increased - fee structure for waste export notifications. The revised charges can...

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Defra has published guidance for the sampling that MRFs are required to carry out under the 2023 amendment to the Environmental...

Defra has published a list of all the planned stakeholder forums for 2024 relating to the various changes to waste legislation....

Following a query sent to the EA as to the evidence required for PRNs from exporters of packaging waste who use overseas interim...