Environmental stories tagged with: waste

Visitors to Hempton recycling centre, Norfolk, this weekend will be given a helping hand to recycle their green garden waste.

Unregistered producers and retailers of new electrical and electronic equipment could be getting a call from the Environment Agency as it continues to raise awareness of the WEEE Regulations.

A new interactive website is being launched to encourage kids to recycle.

One of the biggest consultations to be held in Staffordshire in years kicks off on Tuesday and Wednesday with a big invitation to the people of Staffordshire to help shape the future of how the councils deal with the growing household waste mountain.

On 1st July, two key pieces of legislation come into force in the UK: the final parts of the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive – relating to the recycling of electrical waste, and England goes smoke free.

Northamptonshire County Council is calling out for volunteers willing to take part in a recycling challenge that might change the way they live their lives forever.

A new doorstep recycling service has been rolled out this week to 6,000 flats across the Royal Borough of Kingston.

Plans to reduce red tape and make it easier to turn millions of tonnes of common types of industrial and commercial waste, such as steel slag and old plasterboard, into useable new materials were announced by the Environment Agency and WRAP.

Friends of the Earth believe the Government's white paper is the right way forward, but are disappointed with its ambition.

David Miliband, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, today announced the government's third green white paper this week. This time on Waste.

In a new report commissioned by the Institute for Public Policy Research the government is being urged to allow the controversial pay-as-you-throw strategy.