An awareness campaign has been launched by the Environment Agency to notify exporters of its intention to issue Fixed Penalty Notices from October on illegal shipments. A letter has been sent to producers, exporters, brokers and importers of waste shipments to notify them of the three-month campaign.
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has welcomed the appointment of Liz Truss as Environment Secretary. In the reshuffle undertaken by Prime Minister David Cameron, the South West Norfolk MP was named as the replacement of Owen Paterson. ESA director general Barry Dennis said: “We welcome the appointment of Elizabeth Truss MP to the position of
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A partnership deal has been signed between Smurfit Kappa and supply chain engineers ESTL to cut down on the amount of packaging and supply chain waste. The partners will work together to help brand owners to develop the most innovative and cost-effective packaging solutions. They will use Smurfit Kappa’s supply chain optimisation tools, such as
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) has suggested that European governments should consider cutting labour taxes such as income tax to raise taxes on inefficient resource use and environmental pollution. In a new report, Resource Efficient Green Economy and EU Policies, EEA suggests that environmental taxes could encourage job creation but are under-used in the EU,
Owen Paterson has been replaced by Liz Truss in the role of Environment Secretary. Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the change as part of a wider reshuffle in his Twitter feed. Liz Truss is MP for South West Norfolk and was elected in 2010. She will replace Owen Paterson who served in the role from
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The disjointed way recycling is organised across the UK means we are losing an estimated £1.7 billion in material and reuse value each year, according to a report from the Circular Economy Task Force.
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Data published by WRAP has shown that 8.3 billion thin-gauge (single use) carrier bags were used by supermarket customers in 2013.
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Major brewery SABMiller has said that it wants to reduce its waste impact by encouraging ways that its beer bottles can be returned for reuse.
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Recycling and waste management firm Grundon has signed an agreement with software provider Prodware to implement its specialist waste and recycling solution enwis). The deal, worth around £1 million, will see Prodware provide its Microsoft Dynamics based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software package. This will give Grundon a totally integrated system, which will streamline its
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European and US exports of plastics to China fell dramatically as a result of the Green Fence, the China Scrap Plastics Association has revealed. Writing in the China Recycling Plastics Update, China Scrap Plastics Association president Steve Wong noted that the Chinese Green Fence policy that enforced regulation on importing material had a major impact
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