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December 05, 2023
 

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‘Internet of bins’: Will digital waste tracking be the magic wand to solve waste crime?
‘Internet of bins’: Will digital waste tracking be the magic wand to solve waste crime?

30 Nov 2023

Mandatory digital waste tracking is to replace a paper-based system so flimsy that it can’t catch fraudsters, or even fish, posing as rubbish collectors. But will it work? David Burrows reports

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‘Mystery of the missing work programme’: Plan for 2023 chemical regulation still not published

Annual plan for regulating chemicals has still not been published - nine months into the timeframe it is supposed to cover

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‘Highly toxic levels’ of banned chemicals found in UK whales and dolphins

Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls - a persistent organic pollutant that was banned two decades ago - were found at 30 times the toxic threshold in UK-stranded orcas...

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DEFRA faces 11% real terms budget cut, analysis claims

DEFRA’s budget for day-to-day spending will fall from £4.7bn in 2022/23 to £4.2bn in 2024/25 when inflation is taken into account, according to analysis by the Liberal Democrats...

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Chemicals in plastics found to disrupt reproduction of shrimps

The ability of shrimp-like marine life to reproduce successfully is compromised by chemicals found in everyday plastics, according to a study...

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NEW ECO CHAMBER EPISODE: EA shake-up scoop, climate COP-out, PLUS the nightmare nurdles choking the planet
NEW ECO CHAMBER EPISODE: EA shake-up scoop, climate COP-out, PLUS the nightmare nurdles choking the planet

29 Nov 2023

Listen as the ENDS Report team spills the beans on a mooted regulatory team shake-up at the Environment Agency, discusses a leak revealing that UAE plotted to use COP28 to make fossil fuel deals, and finds out why we should all be having nightmares about nurdles…

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LIVE on Wednesday 13 December at 15:00 GMT - BNG is coming to town(s): Is England ready for biodiversity net gain?
LIVE on Wednesday 13 December at 15:00 GMT - BNG is coming to town(s): Is England ready for biodiversity net gain?

30 Nov 2023

ENDS TV: It's beginning to look a lot like...BNG implementation, but are environmental professionals ready? Sign up now to this live ENDS webinar to hear from an expert panel including Natural England's net gain tsar, Nick White

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DEFRA head of biodiversity net gain to join ENDS live webinar
DEFRA head of biodiversity net gain to join ENDS live webinar

30 Nov 2023

There’s still time to sign up to hear the expert panel discuss if England is ready for biodiversity net gain…

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‘Worst changes ever done’: Environment Agency to centralise regulatory teams in ‘major reorganisation’ Read More
 
Who is the new DEFRA secretary Steve Barclay? 7 things you need to know Read More
 
Government plans to restore rivers found unlawful in landmark ruling Read More
 
EA faces legal action over microplastics in sewage sludge Read More
 

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