NEWS Archive
Defra issue consultation on POPs thresholds
The management of waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) has become a much more complex issue over the last three...
Government issues response to the 2018 Exemption consultation
It's been a long time coming, but following a consultation on changes to the Exemption regime in England and Wales, the...
Defra publishes DRS consultation response
Defra has finally published their response to the DRS consultation issued in March 2021. It has obviously been a tortuous...
EA publish consultation on Appropriate Measures for ELV permitted sites
In line with the tightening up of Best Practice conditions that sites with Environmental Permits must operate under, the EA has...
Defra published EPR packaging Obligation Checker
EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITYIs your business obligated? To assist you in understanding whether your business is obligated...
CMS is now a legal alternative to WAMITAB in Northern Ireland
EU Skills Competence Management System approved in NI The EU Skills Competence Management System can now be used in Northern...
EPR page added
We have now added a new page about the Extended Producer Responsibility system due to commence from 1 January 2023 with data...
EPR data SI laid before Parliament
Any doubts over whether EPR will go ahead as planned have been dispelled by the publication of the data Statutory Instrument...
Defra offer two webinar dates to explain the 2023 data requirements for EPR
Confused about the new EPR Reporting requirements? Well join the club. But help may be at hand as Defra has just emailed out...
EA publishes Waste Data Interrogator 2021
At about this time each year, the EA publishes the consolidated data reported by permitted sites in their quarterly returns -...
EPR Guidance for Producers and Sellers published
Following the publication of the Government's 1 April response to the EPR consultation, Defra has produced guidance to help...
External news links
- Defra launches consultation on the banning of biodegradable waste to landfill – 26 MAY 2023
- Tolvik publishes 2022 UK Waste to Energy report – 10 MAY 2023
- Scottish DRS delayed until March 2024 – 19 APRIL 2023
- Landfill Tax rates to rise by less than expected in 2024 – 06 APRIL 2023
- Defra publishes Consultation on Civil Sanctions – 03 APRIL 2023
- Commons publish report on Landfill Tax fraud – 10 JANUARY 2023
- Waste Tracking Consultation responses published – 20 DECEMBER 2022
- EFRA Committee calls for a ban on plastic waste exports by 2030 – 07 NOVEMBER 2022
- Lack of waste transfer notes leads to £5000 fine – 25 OCTOBER 2022
- Damning Public Accounts Committee report into waste crime ‘decriminalisation’ – 21 OCTOBER 2022
- Defra updates EPR guidance – 07 OCTOBER 2022
- EA publishes RPS for packaging producers wishing to use the allocation method for 2023 target calculation – 30 SEPTEMBER 2022
- EA publishes letter to Councils on POPs in fabric covered seating – 08 SEPTEMBER 2022
- EA publishes consultation on Standard Rules permit consolidation – 22 JUNE 2022