18 January 2019Is Defra sweeping residual waste under the carpet?
Libby Forrest, policy & parliamentary affairs officer at the Environmental Services Association, looks at what the Resources & Waste Strategy tells us about future energy from waste capacity needs and investment. It is ...
15 January 2019Reflections on the Resources & Waste Strategy
Jeff Rhodes, head of environment & external affairs at Biffa dives into some of the detail and debate from the government's Resources & Waste Strategy. As the dust settles after publication of the long-awaited Resources &...
24 December 2018Our Waste, Our Resources – My Reflections
In the wake of the government's publication of the Resources and Waste Strategy, Dr Adam D. Read, external affairs director, SUEZ SUEZ recycling and recovery UK reflects on the Strategy - and Christmas. ...
18 December 2018Resources and Waste Strategy: A major step forward, with lots to do
Dr Marcus Gover, chief executive of resources charity WRAP - previous the Waste & Resources Action Programme - which advises government on waste and recycling and also implements some actions, gives his thoughts on the newly published Resources ...
14 December 2018100 Days until Brexit: What next for environmental policy?
With the Brexit date now almost 100 days away, Paul Taylor, CEO at FCC Environment gives his thoughts on what some of the impacts might be as well as what is happening now. On 19th December, the UK's exit from the EU ...
5 December 2018OPINION: PRN reform and the Resources and Waste Strategy
OPINION: What does the UK’s recycling sector need from the hotly anticipated R&W Strategy? James Piper, managing director of recycling compliance scheme Ecosurety outlines some of the areas he is hoping to see addressed. In ...
22 November 2018OPINION: Protecting your company assets
OPINION: Insurance broker Miles Smith’s chief executive, Paul Chainey, reasons why ‘Environmental Impairment Liability’ is vital for today’s waste management and recycling sector. With the multiple fires ...
31 October 2018OPINION: Why do we rely on weight-based recycling targets?
OPINION: Reporting recycling rates in tonnes collected can be misleading, because not all material collected for recycling is suitable to actually be recycled. An alternative approach to measurements will actually ...
29 October 2018Opinion: Dealing with market changes
OPINION: Waste and recycling expert, Paul Dumpleton, director of CSD Ltd reflects on changes in overseas recycling markets. The recent changes in the Asian market should come as no surprise as there have been a progression of ...
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