News Committee launches inquiry into UK Government’s plastic waste measures 12th July 2021 Defra / Efra / plastic News ‘Listen to local authorities’ on consistent recycling collections, says NLWA 8th July 2021 Defra / North London Waste Authority / Recycling Consistency News Defra issues warning to businesses following ITV Amazon investigation 28th June 2021 Amazon / Defra / E-Waste / Waste Hierarchy Briefing Paper CIWM Draft Response – Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland consultation 28th May 2021 consultations / Defra / Deposit Return Scheme / DRS News Pandemic ‘disruption’ reflected in England recycling figures 13th May 2021 Coronavirus / Defra / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics News UK Government launches consultation on consistent recycling collections 10th May 2021 Defra / Food Waste / Recycling Consistency News 10p plastic bag charge to come into force on 21 May 7th May 2021 Defra / plastic / Plastic Bag Charge / single-use carrier bags News Government to explore making tobacco industry responsible for smoking litter in England 30th March 2021 Cigarette Waste / Defra / Litter News UPDATED: UK Government opens packaging consultation and announces DRS delay 24th March 2021 Defra / Deposit Return Scheme / EPR News Government unveils new Waste Prevention Programme for England 18th March 2021 Defra / Fast Fashion / Waste Prevention Programme for England News Consultation launched on environmental principles 10th March 2021 consultations / Defra / Environment Bill News Recycling in England increased 0.9% in 2019 3rd March 2021 collection / Defra / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics News Interim Office for Environmental Protection to be launched 2nd March 2021 Defra / Environment Bill / Office for Environmental Protection News Fly-tipping ‘on the rise’ as BBC exposes waste licence ‘failure’ 24th February 2021 BBC Panorama / Defra / Fly-Tipping / Waste Carrier Licence News UK Government must start ‘taking the hard decisions’ on environment 3rd February 2021 Defra / Environment Bill / Public Accounts Committee News Interim CEO appointed for Office for Environmental Protection 29th January 2021 Defra / Environment Bill / Office for Environmental Protection News Defra updates Waste Management Plan for England 27th January 2021 Circular Economy / Defra / Waste Management Plan For England News UK criticised for not following EU over plastic waste export ban 13th January 2021 Basel Action Network / Defra / plastic / Waste Exports First 1 2 … 15 16 17 … 23 24 Last
