Defra says that “the message from this assessment is that a substantial quantity of material appears to be going into the residual waste stream, where it could have at least been recycled or dealt ...

Defra has issued updated guidance on applying the waste hierarchy for businesses in line with the revised EU Waste Framework Directive, which was transposed into UK law earlier this year. The 14-page ...

Defra has announced a raft of measures ... conference about key issues facing the future of waste management. Director of Sustainable Products and Services Systems Marcus Gover said that “the waste ...

As outlined in the table below provided in the Resources and Waste Strategy of 2018, Defra pledged to introduce EPR for packaging ... “We consider EPR to be a crucial tool in moving waste up the ...

Following the humiliation of being ranked bottom in Defra’s 2012 to 2013 recycling league table, out of 353 local ... for a fee, garden waste. Now ABC, which didn’t use wheelie bins until ...