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 Interview My working week – Civil servants 11th November 2020 Defra / my working week / Welsh Government News Delay of UK Environment Bill causes concern among lawyers 23rd October 2020 Brexit / Defra / Environment Bill News Linda Crichton receives MBE for services to waste and recycling sector 12th October 2020 Defra / Queen's Honours / WRAP Opinion De-risking waste exports 6th October 2020 Defra / Environment Agency / Waste Exports News UK Government to set legally binding targets to help “build back greener” 19th August 2020 build back greener / Circular Economy / Climate Change / Defra First 1 2 … 15 16 17 … 23 24 Last