Online waste resource MRW reports that the European Union’s Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) will come into force in England from 1 March and will have an impact on waste management activities, according to international law firm Freshfields.
The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations require operators not only to take preventative action to avoid environmental damage occurring in the first place, but also to “own up to regulators to having caused environmental damage should it occur”.
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The Government-backed Waste & Resources Action Programme has launched a new feasibility study
and industry consultation to assess the potential and need for an innovative new construction waste recycling framework.
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WRAP has announced a number of new trials to demonstrate the financial, practical and environmental case for using quality compost in applications that range from green roofs and rain gardens to the growing of bio-fuel crops on regenerated brownfield land.
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Dig A Crusher has once again sponsored an important Demolition News podcast, this time featuring footage from the recent annual general meeting of the National Demolition Training Group (NDTG).
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Online waste industry resource MRW reports that a one per cent rise in recycling rates to 35.5 per cent in England has been welcomed, as WasteDataFlow figures for the latest quarter have been published. To avoid seasonal distortion, comparisons were made between the year April 2007 to March 2008 and the year July 2007 to June 2008, which includes the provisional results for the quarter April to June 2008.
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In response to the Government’s stated aim to halve the levels of construction and demolition waste going to landfill by 2012, the UK Contractors Group (UKCG) has produced detailed guidelines for member companies to measure and report construction waste.
A copy of the guidelines can be downloaded here.
According to the MRW website, the Environment Agency has sent guidance to local authorities asking them to report the final destination of materials they collect for recycling.
The guidance explains that Waste Disposal Authorities need to report the final destination of waste handled in the UK via their WasteDataFlow returns. The WDF is a web-based system for municipal waste data reporting by UK local authorities to Government. The guidance states that commercial confidentiality is not an excuse to withhold final destination of waste information.
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Identifying potential sources of funding for food waste processing activities, such as composting and anaerobic digestion, has become easier thanks to a new guide produced by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
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Local authorities, reprocessors and other stakeholders in the recycling and waste management industry can now quickly and easily find municipal MRFs across the UK, following today’s launch by WRAP of a new online database.
Further details can be found here.
