DEFRA announced its update on the implementation of EPR and data collection which you can find here. It is becoming increasingly clear to industry observers that there is little chance of EPR actually being ready for its supposed starting date of 2024. […]
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DEFRA announces £20bn investment for CCUS
DEFRA has been busy issuing a whole series of new policy announcement related to the energy transition. These include a £20bn investment fund for CCUS. But wouldn’t it be better to stop emitting carbon rather than attempting to capture it with technologies totally unproven and very expensive to implement? […]
Struggle over EPR and DRS explodes into the public eye
The struggle over EPR and DRS systems has exploded into the public eye with Under Secretary of State Therese Coffey forced to declare that she welcomes industry participation in the EPR governing body. We await with bated breath to see whether Scotland will proceed with the implementation of its DRS scheme following the election of […]
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England still waiting for DEFRA’s response to waste collections consultation
DEFRA’s long-awaited response to the public consultation on waste collections was expected to be published at the end of March. The responses apparently were circulated among Government departments as long ago as 23 February. With local elections due this spring, the latest date they can be published is 13 April, otherwise they will be delayed […]
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Food waste collections ‘biggest contributor’ to reducing sector emissions
DEFRA minister Lord Benyon has said that separate food waste collections are the waste sector’s ‘biggest contributor’ towards reducing its emissions. The claim was made in reply to a written question on 3 February which was submitted by Lord Taylor of Warwick. Lord Taylor asked what steps were being taken to reduce any adverse effects […]
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Bioeconomy is not just about compostables
The use of concrete in the construction sector results in substantially higher carbon dioxide emissions than biological alternatives. A Guardian article describes the lower environmental impacts that have resulted from development of an office building in Shoreditch in London made almost entirely from wood. […]
BBC reports on microplastics in our food chains
The BBC reported early in January on the evidence that microplastics are entering our food chain through vegetable roots. No news to those of us who study these matters but good to see the issue being raised by the BBC – anyone for starting a campaign for plastic free soils? […]
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Defra releases Environmental Improvement Plan
DEFRA’s environment improvement plan mentioned above can be found here. In response our friends at the Sustainable Soils Alliance warned of a series of ‘broken promises’ on soil health which need to be corrected. Their press release is here. […]
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Tesco decide all teabags should be compostable
Tesco, who had compostables on their red list (i.e., banned), have decided that all teabags should be compostable. A steady wave of realisation of the role these materials can play is happening across the world. […]
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Tesco survey finds consumers confused about how to dispose of tea bags
A survey conducted by YouGov for Tesco has revealed that shoppers are confused about how to properly dispose of used tea bags. 43 per cent of people polled in the survey said they put used tea bags in with their general waste, 6 per cent put them in their recycling bins, 24 per cent put […]
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