News EU not on track to halve non-recycled municipal waste by 2030 – EEA 27th April 2022 Circular Economy / European Commission / European Environment Agency News Government lacks data to assess scale of waste crime in England – NAO 27th April 2022 Environment Agency / National Audit Office / Waste Crime News EPA creates €11.7 million fund for environmental research projects in Ireland 26th April 2022 Environmental Policy / Ireland / Research Feature Packaging reforms: Once a revolution, now an evolution 20th April 2022 ecosurety / Extended Producer Responsibility / packaging Briefing Paper CIWM Briefing Note: Evaluation of digital technology in a deposit return scheme 20th April 2022 collection / Deposit Return Scheme / digital DRS News UK Government announces £240 million support for hydrogen 8th April 2022 Carbon Capture / Clean Energy / hydrogen News Prime Minister sets out UK’s plan for ‘greater energy independence’ 7th April 2022 Clean Energy / hydrogen / Renewables News Majority of smaller businesses don’t understand ‘carbon jargon’ 4th April 2022 British Business Bank / Carbon Reduction / SMEs News Welsh government commits to making manufacturers pay for ‘most commonly-littered items’ 4th April 2022 Litter / polluter pays / srs / Wales News New EU proposals to tackle greenwashing and boost Europe’s ‘resource independence’ 31st March 2022 Circular Economy / European Commission / The European Green Deal News Alupro sets out ‘key asks’ in aluminium manifesto 30th March 2022 aluminium / Alupro / Circular Economy News [UPDATED] NI Minister’s energy from waste plant refusal leaves arc21 councils “very exposed” 30th March 2022 Arc21 / energy from waste / Northern Ireland News Government policy on carbon capture could see heavy emitters ‘dodge’ responsibilities – EAC 30th March 2022 Carbon Capture / Environmental Audit Committee / net zero Briefing Paper CIWM Briefing Note: Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging 29th March 2022 CIWM / Extended Producer Responsibility News Concerns over ‘significant watering-down’ of EPR proposals 29th March 2022 CIWM / Defra / EPR News New Net Zero Strategic Advisory Group to ‘accelerate the transition of standards’ 25th March 2022 BSI / Climate Change / net zero Feature How could changing regulations impact the organics recycling sector? 23rd March 2022 Anaerobic Digestion / NNFCC / Organics Recycling News Environment Act: UK government proposes new legally binding targets 17th March 2022 Environment Act / landfill / targets First 1 2 … 33 34 35 … 102 103 Last