25 January 2021Renewi worker wins tribunal after failed drugs test
An employment judge has ruled that a decision by waste management company Renewi to dismiss a driver’s mate for gross misconduct, after failing a random drugs test, was unfair. The decision was handed down by Judge Housego on ...
25 January 2021Enovert issued warning over landfill fire
Enovert North has been issued a warning by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) following a fire at its site in Johnstown, Wrexham, last year. The fire broke out on 27 May 2020 at Hafod Quarry Landfill, which involved a “multi ...
22 January 2021Data published online after SEPA cyber attack
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) says some of the data stolen by what it believes to be “international serious and organised cyber-crime groups” has been illegally published online. In an update given ...
22 January 2021Wrap and ZWS partner on lockdown food waste project
Zero Waste Scotland and Wrap will partner on a national research project that will examine food waste levels during and after lockdown periods. The 18-month project is being lead by Leeds University and follows findings from ...
21 January 2021Covid-19: RPS extended; Waste services webinar
The Environment Agency has extended the regulatory position statement (RPS) outlining when operators of municipal waste incinerators can accept Covid-19 waste to 31 July 2021. And, a
21 January 2021MRFs must ‘plan for everything to change’
Operators of material recycling facilities (MRFs) should “plan for everything to change” when the deposit return scheme (DRS) is implemented, according to the technical director of Suez. Stuart Hayward-Higham was speaking ...
20 January 2021Agency chair decries ‘squeezed’ funding
The chair of the Environment Agency said yesterday (19 January) the funding the enforcement body received from the government for regulatory work had become increasingly “squeezed”. Emma Howard Boyd was giving evidence at a ...
20 January 2021Goldsmith vows to tackle ‘planned obsolescence’
Lord Zac Goldsmith has said the government is likely to introduce legislation preventing manufacturers of white goods from making products which are "simply thrown away as a default", otherwise known as planned obsolescence.
20 January 2021NHS updates Covid-19 waste advice for healthcare facilities
The NHS published the fourth version of its briefing on
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