NEWS Archive

At a recent meeting of the packaging Compliance Scheme Engagement Group, Defra announced a delayed timetable for implementation...

Consultants Monksleigh have published their UK Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) Report 2023. 

Emailed 2/6/23 COLLECTION AND PACKAGING REFORMS NEWSLETTERIn this edition (2 June 2023):  Business Readiness Forum summary and...

The EA has published a Regulatory Position Statement 276 effectively now classing non-WEEE cable as hazardous. The full text of...

It seems that the EA approved a number of paper reprocessor and exporter S&I Plans that stated they would be doing their own...

Key guidance for those involved in the current packaging regulations has always been the Agencies' 'Technical Interpretations...

At the end of 2021, the following 13 packaging producers were found by the EA to have failed to have complied with their 2021...

The Packaging Waste Regulations require the Agencies to publish their Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement plans for the year....

One of the (many) mysteries of the new EPR regime is the way that the seller nation data has to be reported. A Defra...

Emailed by Defra Friday 21st April Extended Producer Responsibility  Publication of the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting)...

Defra held a business Readiness Forum webinar on 14th April with a number of slides and with some added commentary that will be...

Next Future Business Readiness Forums Tuesday 18 April, 10-11.00 am - Join here The forum will run for 1 hour with a focus on...

Defra has sent out a newsletter providing further information on EPR and DRS. For those following EPR, there has been concern at...

The recent government response on Exemption reform did not provide details of how the transition would work for those currently...

The management of waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) has become a much more complex issue over the last three...

It's been a long time coming, but following a consultation on changes to the Exemption regime in England and Wales, the...

Defra has finally published their response to the DRS consultation issued in March 2021. It has obviously been a tortuous...