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A strong call to action to improve recovered material quality throughout the supply chain was delivered to delegates at the Quality First conference in London on Wednesday (April 5). The event was part of the Recycling Association’s Quality First campaign, designed to raise awareness of the importance of producing high quality recovered materials ‘to prepare […]

Government ministers confirmed that the ‘whole body’ of existing environmental laws derived from EU legislation would be safeguarded in UK law before Brexit. Confirmation came in the Department for Exiting the European Union (DEXEU) white paper setting out the terms of the government’s Great Repeal Bill, which is expected to be put in place before […]

The volume of Hertfordshire’s household waste sent to landfill saw a significant decline in 2015/16, according to the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership, which has recorded a 39,000-tonne drop in landfill tonnages in its latest annual report. The report, which covers the 12 months from April 2015 also suggests that the county saw a decline in the […]

Plans for a Centre for Anaerobic Biotechnology and Bioresources Research will be outlined by the UK anaerobic digestion (AD) industry at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) Research & Innovation (R&I) Forum 2017 in London next week (28-29 March). ADBA is establishing an AD research centre ADBA claims the centre will establish the UK as […]

Rural businesses and landowners across the UK are putting themselves at risk of waste crime due to a ‘fundamental lack’ of regulatory knowledge. This was the message from the ‘Right Waste, Right Place’ campaign, which has commissioned a survey into how businesses in the countryside respond to illegal dumping of waste. Landowners are often faced […]