News UK government announces new crackdown on fly-tipping 11th April 2022 Defra / Fly-Tipping / HWRCs News Concerns over ‘significant watering-down’ of EPR proposals 29th March 2022 CIWM / Defra / EPR Insight New year, new start 23rd February 2022 Defra / Environment Bill / Fly-Tipping News Over 100,000 sign petition to ban ‘most polluting’ single-use plastic items 11th February 2022 city to the sea / Defra / Greenpeace / plastic 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 Webinar Resourcing the Future Conference 2021 – Day 2 3rd November 2021 behaviour change / Circular Economy / Climate Emergency / Defra / Innovation / net zero News Recycling and packaging industries still have “significant doubts” over Defra producer responsibility proposals – ESA 16th September 2021 Defra / EPR / ESA / packaging News England to consider banning single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups 31st August 2021 Defra / plastic / Single-Use News UK recycling rate increases 1.2% 15th July 2021 Defra / Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics 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 First 1 2 … 15 16 17 … 24 25 Last
