by dave | Apr 25, 2017 | Latest News
Reported battery recycling figures are not reflective of true portable battery usage and recycling, recent data suggests. Last month, MRW and Lets Recycle reported that Environment Agency figures show that 38,725 tonnes of portable batteries were placed on the market...
by dave | Apr 11, 2017 | Latest News
The Government confirmed last month that EU environmental legislation will remain in place in the UK post Brexit. On 29th March, Teresa May triggered Article 50 giving formal notice of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the European Union. A day later, the Government...
by dave | Apr 5, 2017 | Latest News
The UK’s new collection targets for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from households for 2017 have been confirmed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The overall UK target is 622,033 tonnes, up 40,617 tonnes on what was...
by dave | Mar 29, 2017 | Latest News
The overall target for WEEE collected in the UK in 2016 has been reached. Earlier this month, DEFRA confirmed that a total of 581,415 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was collected, up 15% on 2015’s tonnages. A number of individual targets...
by dave | Mar 22, 2017 | Latest News
Chancellor, Philip Hammond, had a busy budget week earlier this month making a number of pronouncements around waste policy: Packaging targets will be set at the highest rate outlined in the recent consultation, varying options were set out in the consultation...
by dave | Mar 8, 2017 | Latest News
With Brexit rarely out of the news since the vote took place last summer, our sister company Wiser Environment looks at what the implications are going to be for UK environmental legislation? Much of our environmental legislation originates from EU directives. Whilst...
