DEFRA

WEEE Tables
Defra's latest release on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collection in the UK for the initial three quarters of 2023 demonstrates…
Environment
Steve Barclay has become the fifth new environment secretary since the Resources and Waste Strategy was unveiled in 2018. He was appointed…
WEEE
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation on the compliance fee methodology it will adopt for…
Recycling
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) unveiled its ‘Simpler Recycling’ plans on 21 October, which aims to ensure every…
Consistency with Household bins
They say a week is a long time in politics, but for waste it can really transform things. On Wednesday, 20 September,…
drs
As the dust settles on Defra’s announcement that payments under extended producer responsibility will be delayed, pressure has ramped up on the…
EPR
While we await clarity on extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the upcoming years, significant policy developments have emerged in the past week,…
EPR Data
The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has emphasised its unwavering stance on the implementation of the extended producer…
deposit return scheme
With Scotland’s plans for a deposit return scheme coming under more pressure, there is a growing expectation that a UK wide scheme…
Bans on a range of single-use plastics from 1 October 2023 for items including cutlery have been published by the Department for…