21/01/2021
Covid-19: RPS extended; Waste services webinar
The Environment Agency has extended the regulatory position statement (RPS) outlining when operators of municipal…
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21/01/2021
MRFs must ‘plan for everything to change’
Operators of material recycling facilities (MRFs) should “plan for everything to change” when the deposit…
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21/01/2021
Defra clarifies non-OECD plastics export rules
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has moved to clear up confusion…
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20/01/2021
Agency chair decries ‘squeezed’ funding
The chair of the Environment Agency said yesterday (19 January) the funding the enforcement body…
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20/01/2021
Goldsmith vows to tackle ‘planned obsolescence’
Lord Zac Goldsmith has said the government is likely to introduce legislation preventing manufacturers of…
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20/01/2021
NHS updates Covid-19 waste advice for healthcare facilities
The NHS published the fourth version of its briefing on standard operating procedures for managing Covid-19 waste from healthcare facilities on 18…
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19/01/2021
News in brief (19/01/21)
With news on: Biffa achieves grading in safety audit; WRA welcomes boiler clarification; Greenergy invests…
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19/01/2021
Pow says UK will ‘go further’ than EU on export bans
Recycling minister Rebecca Pow said yesterday (18 January) the UK “is not regressing on environmental…
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19/01/2021
‘What is the future of plastic recycling?’
OPINION: Helen Jordan, senior recycling issues executive at the British Plastics Federation, assesses likely developments…
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18/01/2021
Sector urged to keep Covid measures under review
The Waste Industry Health and Safety (WISH) Forum has urged the waste and recycling sector…
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