Producer responsibility
News & Analysis
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How a reformed packaging system could ease pressure on the Environment Agency
10 August 2018 10:07 BSTBefore a new scheme can be put in place, issues surrounding how the current packaging recovery note system is enforced need to be studied. Conor McGlone takes a closer look
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LGA calls for manufacturers to act on unrecyclable plastics
6 August 2018 12:45 BSTJust a third of plastic used by households is recyclable, according to the Local Government Association (LGA) which is calling for manufacturers to take action
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What Burberry’s burnt stock reveals about England's waste enforcement policy
2 August 2018 18:52 BSTBurberry incinerated £90m worth of unsold stock over five years, according to the company’s annual report. Conor McGlone investigates what the practice reveals about England’s waste enforcement policy
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Watchdog slams government over packaging recycling policy
23 July 2018 12:41 BSTPublic spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has accused the government of not “facing up to underlying recycling issues” in a report on the UK’s packaging obligation system
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EA urged to act as Burberry denies illegal stock burning
20 July 2018 12:55 BSTLuxury UK fashion label Burberry has denied it breached environmental regulations after media reports this week revealed it had incinerated some £90m worth of stock in the last five years.
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What the UK can learn from Europe’s oldest deposit return scheme
13 July 2018 10:20 BSTWith the UK government committed to introducing a scheme to pay bottle recyclers, Sweden, which has been doing it for decades, can provide some useful pointers, finds Conor McGlone
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Government to ‘consider’ MPs’ F-gas recommendations
11 July 2018 13:26 BSTThe government has agreed to consider a number of suggestions for cutting fluorinated greenhouse gas (F-gas) emissions proposed by the Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)
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Environment Agency investigates impact of China waste ban on local authorities
14 June 2018 12:46 BSTThe Environment Agency has seen reports that local authorities are stockpiling waste and being re-charged by contractors to cover their costs of paying to dispose of waste
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