News Defra sets mandatory interim waste targets for 2028 31st January 2023 25-Year Environment Plan / Defra / Waste Targets News Deposit return scheme for England, Wales and NI set for 2025 20th January 2023 Defra / Deposit Return Scheme / drinks bottles Opinion Why “transitional” food waste collections would prove a travesty 17th January 2023 Defra / Food Waste Collection / ReFood News Some single-use plastics to be banned in England 9th January 2023 Defra / plastic / Single-Use Plastic News Defra sets target to halve residual waste per person by 2042 19th December 2022 Defra / Environment Agency / residual waste News Environment Agency staff begin industrial action over pay 14th December 2022 Defra / Environment Agency / Industrial action News Environment Secretary needs to clarify “worrying remarks” about plastics ban, City to Sea says 14th December 2022 Biodegradable Plastics / Defra / Single-Use Plastics News FPA calls for EPR information campaign for businesses 8th December 2022 Defra / EPR / packaging News Environmental groups call for ban on disposable vapes 25th November 2022 Defra / e-cigarettes / Lithium Ion Batteries News MPs criticise “culture of delay” at Defra 22nd November 2022 Defra / Environmental Audit Committee / EPR News Rebecca Pow confirmed as new Defra minister for resources and waste 17th November 2022 consistency collections / Defra / EPR News WRAP’s retail survey shows more needs to be done to reduce household food waste 16th November 2022 Defra / Food Waste / WRAP News UK Government talks to businesses on shaping legally-binding global plastics “treaty” 3rd November 2022 Defra / plastic / Plastic Pollution Feature The future of green jobs: there’s gold in them there skills 1st November 2022 Circular Economy / Defra / green jobs News Defra lays out PRN reform plans and delays announcing environmental targets 1st November 2022 consultations / Defra / PRN system News EA warns that “funding pressures” put its regulation at risk 27th October 2022 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Crime News Thérèse Coffey appointed Defra secretary in cabinet reshuffle 26th October 2022 CIWM / Defra / Legislation News Ranil Jayawardena resigns as Environment Secretary as Sunak begins reshuffle 25th October 2022 Defra / Legislation / UK Government First 1 2 … 13 14 15 … 23 24 Last