The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 have recently been introduced, replacing the 2007 Regulations. The changes bring into law the exemption review, which has been ongoing for some time and a number of other regimes. The official reasons for the change are summarised below: Widen the existing streamlined environmental permitting and compliance system…
Defra has given its strongest support to date for kerbside sorting as its preferred option for household recycling collection in a consultation document published last week on draft regulations to implement the revised EU Waste Framework Directive in England and Wales. In the document, which has been jointly published with the Welsh Assembly Government, the…
The coalition Government has brought with it new priorities, one of which is that the parties “will introduce measures to promote a huge increase in energy from waste through anaerobic digestion (AD)”. Lord Redesdale, chairman of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA), the trade body representing the industry in the UK, recently said: “The…
The government must back a massive increase in household food waste collection so that the “valuable” resource can be more easily used for energy generation, the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has claimed. In response to the coalition’s Waste Review, which closed recently (October 7), ADBA advocated separate collections and stressed that local authorities…
AC Environmental recently introduced a new service aimed at providing ongoing support to smaller waste and recycling companies to enable them to meet their environmental obligations. The service which is based on a monthly retainer ensures that our clients can focus on their main business whilst leaving the paperwork and compliance issues to us. The…
You are now (25th January) just 25 working days away from the deadline for operators with environmental permits in England and Wales to pass their continuing competence assessment. Worryingly it appears that many companies have not yet arranged to take the assessment. If you fail to do so the possible consequences could include yard closure.…
Industry leaders have called for “robust action” against scrap merchants who miss this month’s deadline for competence testing – despite complaints that the tests are unfair and irrelevant. Following changes in regulations in 2008, all managers of waste facilities with Environment Agency permits must have passed a WAMITAB Continuing Competence test by 29 February 2012.…
Metal recycler EMR is set to face a public hearing to determine whether its measures to reduce noise from its controversial Parkhall Works recycling sites in Stoke on Trent will be allowed to stand. A public inquiry, set to take place on Thursday (January 10) is due to be overseen by the Planning Inspectorate and…
More than a third of people think making money is not as important as protecting the environment and would install solar PV panels, even if there was no financial benefit. Solar comparison website The Eco Experts, surveyed 2,000 people and found 36% of people would embrace the renewable technology simply out of concern for the…
An Essex landowner has been handed a suspended eight month prison sentence and ordered to carry out 180 hours unpaid work for allowing an illegal waste site to be run on his farm for years. The landowner, Mr Roger Frederick Phipps, was also fined £15,000 for breaching two planning enforcement notices. The prison sentence was…