by Owen Collins | Apr 8, 2019 | World Focus
The nation’s Environment Ministry has revealed that the country is planning to cut imports of solid waste to zero by 2020, as it attempts to reduce pollution. According to Reuters, the country is also aiming to encourage recyclers to tackle the “soaring volumes” of...
by Owen Collins | Mar 27, 2019 | Around the Industry
DEFRA, the British Government Department for Environment, Food, and Agriculture, has warned the country’s waste export businesses to identify “alternative export routes” so as to avoid disruption caused by a No Deal Brexit. Although Parliament has indicated its...
by stefanie | Jan 23, 2019 | UKCRA feed, World Focus
In December 2018, the country’s environment ministry published a new decree which means that “objects and chemicals that have been prepared for reuse” will no longer be categorised as waste. As explained on LegiFrance, this decree “sets the criteria which […] allows...
by Owen Collins | Dec 20, 2018 | Around the Industry
Proposed amendments to the Basel Convention, the international treaty governing waste shipments, could hit the export market for mixed plastic waste. The 1992 Convention was signed up to by 53 nations, including the United Kingdom, and binds them to various rules on...
by stefanie | Dec 13, 2018 | Around the Industry
At a recent LARAC conference held in Nottingham, a new policy on waste and recycling developed by DEFRA and the UK government was unveiled by DEFRA’s Chris Preston. Although the strategy could not be revealed in its entirety as it will not be published until the end...
