Government
Gove’s reticence on DEFRA opposition
January 29, 2018
During a recent Parliamentary debate, Gove failed to confirm or deny DEFRA’s opposition to the EU’s 2035 65 percent recycling target. According to Rob Cole of Resource, while being questioned in the House of Commons on 25 January 2018, Environment Secretary Michael Gove “failed to deny that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs […]
UK’s non-China plastic exports increase
January 26, 2018
Michael Gove has told the UK Parliament about the rise in exports of plastic and paper to Malaysia, Turkey, Vietnam and Taiwan. Following China’s well-documented ban on plastic imports, the Secretary of State for the Environment has revealed that exporters in the UK have begun sending increasing volumes of plastic waste and paper to non-China […]
