News Alan Lovell appointed as Environment Agency Chair 20th July 2022 Environment Agency / Environment Secretary Guidance A QUICK GUIDE TO: Consultation on food waste reporting by large food businesses 13th July 2022 consultations / Food Waste / Freeths Insight Solar panel recycling – why aren’t we talking about it? 22nd June 2022 Climate Change / Recycling / Solar Power News Defra seeks views on food waste reporting for larger businesses 14th June 2022 Defra / Food Waste / WRAP News Circular economy predicted to create over 250,000 new London jobs over next decade 13th June 2022 Circular Economy / green jobs / ReLondon News Government lacks data to assess scale of waste crime in England – NAO 27th April 2022 Environment Agency / National Audit Office / Waste Crime News First year of pandemic saw 16% increase in reported incidents of fly-tipping in England 9th December 2021 Coronavirus / Defra / Fly-Tipping / Waste Crime News England to consider banning single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups 31st August 2021 Defra / plastic / Single-Use News Report: England’s resource efficiency agenda must be driven with urgency 15th July 2021 Climate Change / Resource Efficiency / The Aldersgate Group News Recycling in England increased 0.9% in 2019 3rd March 2021 collection / Defra / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics News England bans plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds 1st October 2020 ban / Ocean Plastic / packaging / plastic News Fixed penalty notices issued for fly-tipping in England increases 11% 7th November 2019 Fixed Penalty Notice / Fly-Tipping / local authorities News Environment Bill moves forward “unopposed” 29th October 2019 Defra / DRS / Environment Bill / EPR News Government to publish independent assessment of road litter 7th October 2019 Environment Bill / Highways England / Litter Course Waste Legislation Essentials in England 13th September 2019 compliance / Legal Obligation / Waste Definition / Waste Legislation News Co-op urges councils to bin delay to home food waste collections 19th August 2019 Co-Operative / Food Waste / local authorities News Government’s straw ban based partly on “unverified assumptions” – FactCheck 14th August 2019 ban / Defra / plastic / straws News 77 successful waste crime prosecutions in a year – EA 1st August 2019 Environment Agency / Sustainable Development Goals / Waste Crime First 1 2 3 4 5 6 Last
