News Hull man fined for illegal transport of waste 17th March 2020 Environment Agency / Waste Crime News Budget Reactions | Plastic packaging tax makes the UK a “lodestar” in new net-zero age 12th March 2020 Budget / Climate Change / EPR / packaging / plastic News Government “treating the symptom”, not the cause of plastic pollution 10th March 2020 Green Alliance / plastic / Single-Use / UK Government News Viridor fined £400,000 following worker’s “life-changing” injury 9th March 2020 health and safety / HSE / Viridor News Welsh Government to assess impact of new policy on business waste sector 5th March 2020 business waste / Eunomia / Wales / Welsh Government News Legislation to ban plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds enters Parliament 3rd March 2020 plastic / Resources And Waste Strategy / Single-Use / straws Webinar Strategic Review of Charging for Waste Treatment Sites 2nd March 2020 Environment Agency / waste treatment / webinar News Northern Ireland environmental projects to share £2.2m carrier bag levy money 2nd March 2020 funding / Northern Ireland / plastic / Plastic Bag Levy News Mattress makers should be forced to offer take back service to reduce fly-tipping 2nd March 2020 Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Local Government Association / mattress recycling News Scotland launches Environment Strategy 2nd March 2020 environment strategy / resources / Scotland News UK Government: “We will deliver the most ambitious environmental programme of any country on Earth” 26th February 2020 25-Year Environment Plan / Defra / Environment Bill News 300,000 demand government “action on plastic pollution” 26th February 2020 Friends of the Earth / Ocean Plastic / plastic / Pollution News ‘Plymouth’s worst fly-tipper’ jailed after 3 years on the run 25th February 2020 Environment Agency / Fly-Tipping / Plymouth News Textile recyclers call for “better regulation” following ITN investigation 21st February 2020 Ghana / textile recyclers association / Textile Waste / Waste Exports News HSE says it “will not tolerate” abuse of its staff following incident 20th February 2020 abusive behaviour / HSE News Fly-tipping incident occurs every 30 seconds in England 19th February 2020 Fly-Tipping / Litter / market expert / Waste Crime News EU invests more than €100m to promote a “green and climate-neutral” Europe 18th February 2020 Climate Change / EU / EU LIFE+ / European Commission News City partnership to help “future-proof” UK with circular economy principles 14th February 2020 Circular Economy / Climate Change / COP26 / Glasgow / London / Scotland First 1 2 … 76 77 78 … 103 104 Last