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The Environment Agency have congratulated the waste management sector on continuing to improve compliance standards with a significant reduction in incidents in 2015. In the next couple of weeks the EA will be publishing data on the number of category 1 and 2 incidents during 2015 confirming that in the hazardous waste transfer and treatment…
The referendum vote in favour of leaving the European Union has broadly received a ‘thumbs down’ from the waste and recycling sector although some have observed that it could free the UK from too much regulation. However, there is concern that environmental standards could be threatened and there is also recognition among businesses in the…
Defra resources minister Rory Stewart has repeated his call for an open discussion on waste policy during a speech in London, but offered little hope of any imminent intervention in the market from government. And, the minister also highlighted the need to get a message about the benefits of recycling over to the public. Speaking…
More accountability for how revenue generated by the packaging recovery note (PRN) system is spent is a factor in the future success of the PRN system, experts have agreed. PRNs are effectively the currency used to ensure obligated businesses in the UK play their part in ensuring packaging materials are recycled. Speaking at the CIWM…
Pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) schemes can significantly reduce waste and increase household recycling, according to a report by the pan-European organisation, the Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+). PAYT usually means that waste is weighed per household and residents are charged by weight for collections. Variations can include selling residents collection…
Collection data for the first quarter of 2016 shows that the UK has made progress towards meeting its WEEE recycling target for the year. Published by the Environment Agency, the provisional data shows that a total of 141,379 tonnes of all categories of WEEE were collected for recycling between January and April 2016. An overall…
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is seeking to ‘simplify’ the criteria around which types of waste qualify for landfill tax from April 2017 – in a bid to end ‘uncertainty’ over guidance on the issue. A consultation, ‘Landfill Tax: improving clarity and certainty for taxpayers’ is seeking views on amending the definition of a…
A fall in demand for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) evidence has impacted on the collection of material from local authority civic amenity sites. As a consequence of the demand change, Bexley council is believed to be the first local authority to use ‘Regulation 34’ under the amended WEEE regulations – it has requested…
