July 24, 2007 11:54 am - [0 Comments]
Ireland is clamping down on waste exports from the country with a new set of regulations designed to encourage more responsible waste treatments. The new regulations, entitled Transfrontier Shipments, came into effect on July 12th, and hopes to deal with the 83 percent of waste that is exported out of the country for disposal every year.
Committee criticises waste recycling plans
July 17, 2007 9:27 am - [0 Comments]
The Communities & Local Government Committee have commented that recent plans to encourage household waste recycling have become too complicated and unlikely to have effect.
Their suggestions to introduce a £50 incentive for successfully recycling households however, have not been taken as an acceptable solution.
Nuclear plants approved despite High Court ruling
July 13, 2007 1:30 pm - [0 Comments]
Greenpeace has written a letter to Gordon Brown communicating their disappointment in his recent decision to allow a new range of Nuclear Power plants, despite a High Court ruling that makes it clean the government cannot decide anything until there is a full public consultation.
July 3, 2007 1:17 pm - [0 Comments]
The latest Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive has gone live, solidifying the changes meaning that electronics manufacturers are now obliged to foot costs for disposal and recycling of their products, right through to the end of their use.
Big-league companies join fight to reduce packaging waste
June 22, 2007 10:21 am - [0 Comments]
Some of the biggest manufacturers have signed up for the Government-backed project to take responsiblity for the packaging waste their products produce. Companies such as Coca-Cola and Nestle have put their names down for the Courtauld Commitment packaging reduction agreement.
The agreement aims to half packaging waste growth within a year, and reduce the waste by 2010.