The UK government has announced an increase in flood defence spending, raising the budget to over £2.6 billion for the next two years.
Fortnightly Bulletin - 27th January 2025
PackUK, the new scheme administrator for Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility, was formally launched on 21 January 2025.
Fortnightly Bulletin - 13th January 2025
According to the DEFRA, almost half of all waste collected by local authorities in 2022/2023 was incinerated with resources that could be recycled being lost.
Fortnightly Bulletin - 2nd December 2024
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) are consulting on technical changes to the Environmental Regulations (Scotland) Charging Scheme 2018 (the ERS Charging Scheme).
Fortnightly Bulletin - 18th November 2024
The Environment Agency (EA) have opened a consultation on proposed charges designed to fund regulatory work targeting waste crime.
Fortnightly Bulletin - 4th November 2024
A new pilot project to trial a system that isolates batteries or their parent devices in waste and recycling centres to reduce the risk of fires will be carried out at a Materials Recovery Facility in Portsmouth.
Fortnightly Bulletin - 21st October 2024
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has started to use drones and robot tractors in an autonomous field farming trial, to cut carbon emissions in its parsnips at a site in Yorkshire.
Fortnightly Bulletin - 7th October 2024
Diageo will trial a new 90% paper-based bottle for its Johnnie Walker Black Label brand in Edinburgh from the last week in September until mid-October.
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