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Pow meets industry groups to thrash out EPR delivery

5 December 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Roundtable discussions are taking place this week between the recycling minister Rebecca Pow and industry groups, to discuss the final design and delivery of the extended producer ...

5 December 2022

Criminals preparing to ‘pick holes’ in DRS, police warn

“Sophisticated organised criminals” operating as legitimate businesses are ...

2 December 2022

Coca-Cola ‘committed’ to ‘not ideal’ UK DRS systems

Two senior directors at Coca-Cola have said the company is “committed” to the ...

1 December 2022

‘Destroy POPs’ by sending used sofas to EfW plants, says Agency

The important role of energy from waste (EfW) plants in burning waste domestic sofas ...

30 November 2022

Retained EU law bill creates investment risk, warns Beauparc

"Billions of pounds" of investment in the UK waste sector could be at risk as a ...

30 November 2022

LGA warns procurement bill could risk in-house waste deals

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned the procurement bill could “...

29 November 2022

News in brief (29/11/2022)

With news on: Bauer Technologies starts piling at Rivenhall EfW plant; Andusia signs ...

29 November 2022

Flurry of activity signals Defra’s intent to progress EPR

Defra further signalled its intent to progress its packaging producer responsibility ...

29 November 2022

Registration opens for Irish DRS ahead of 2024 launch

The Irish government has opened registration for its deposit return scheme (DRS), ...

25 November 2022

‘No publication date’ for consistency response, Pow says

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has not set a date...

25 November 2022

‘No plans’ for cartons in DRS despite pressure from MPs

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) says it “does ...

25 November 2022

EfW plants could be hit with ‘£800m’ bill from emissions scheme

Energy from waste plants in the UK could be hit with an £800 million annual bill ...

24 November 2022

Successful EPR schemes ‘must include recyclers,’ EuRIC says

The European Recycling Industries Confederation (EuRIC) has warned governments that ...

24 November 2022

Defra meets with businesses about EPR data

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) held a webinar on 23 ...

23 November 2022

Defra publishes draft EPR statutory instrument

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published a Statutory ...

23 November 2022

Welsh ‘non-domestic premises’ to separate recycling

The Welsh Government has announced plans to require all ‘non-domestic premises’ ...

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