Draft Plastic Packaging Tax Legislation Published
Last Thursday (12 November), HM Revenue & Customs published draft legislation for the plastic packaging tax, alongside a summary of...
Packaging Waste Targets for 2021-22 Published
The packaging waste recycling targets for 2021 and 2022 have been confirmed by Defra. The announcement also confirmed that in...
Q2 WEEE Collections Impacted by Pandemic
On 1st September the Environment Agency (EA) published the latest figures for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Q2 collections....
Defra Publishes Waste Plan & Confirms EPR Date
Last week, on 20th August, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published their Waste Management Plan for...
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Delays Expected for Packaging Policy Consultations
The Government has indicated a likely delay of the second round of consultations for Extended Producer Responsibility, Deposit Return Scheme...
ISO Recertification
We are delighted to announce our recertification in both ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015. ISO refers to the International Organisation...
Offices Reopen Following Remote Working During Lockdown
Alongside businesses across the UK and wider world, we have been closely following the developments and Government guidance surrounding the...
Recycle Wales becomes Wales first approved Packaging Waste Compliance Scheme
Recycle Wales, the Specialist Environmental Compliance Company, is pleased to announce that it has registered Wales first packaging waste compliance...
WEEE Collection Targets
Defra has proposed to slash its target for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for 2020 by...
Plastic Packaging Tax
A £200 a tonne tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled content will come into force in April...
Review of WEEE Regulations
In February the Government released its Post Implementation Review (PIR) of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013....
WEEE Take-Back Update
Under the Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations of 2013 retailers of EEE have the option to either offer instore...
WEEE Compliance Fee Update
The proposal submitted by the Joint Trade Association for 2019’s waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance fee was approved...
Circular Economy Action Plan
The European Commission has adopted a ‘Circular Economy Action Plan’, and promised to launch “concrete actions” on packaging, WEEE and...
EA Packaging Monitoring Plan Released
The Environment Agency (EA) have recently released their monitoring plan for packaging producer responsibility that outlines what is to be...
POPs & New Classification Rules
Last year investigation by the Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling (ICER), in cooperation with Defra and the Environment Agency...
Take-Back Changes on the Cards for Retailers
As the government activities wound down ahead of the Christmas period, it was widely expected that Defra would announce a...
WRAP Reports Plastics Pact Progress
Plastics recycling has been one of the top subjects of 2019 with awareness of the topic ranging from government through...
