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Update on the generation and management of UK waste, including the contributions made by various sectors.
Potential strategic options have been identified for wastes which are not suitable for treatment in existing processing plants (or those currently planned at a detailed level).
Report on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Radioactive Waste Management Directorate's disposal assessment and packaging advice for radioactive wastes.
Report for BIS that identifies key activities in the waste management sector, outlines key policies and regulations affecting the sector, and…
This consultation follows the publication of the consultation on a methodology to determine a fixed unit price for waste disposal and updated…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Who, what, why and where
This single radioactive waste strategy will apply to all radioactive waste generated within the NDA group, including materials that may become waste at some point in the future.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Multiple people involved in a large-scale waste crime operation in Staffordshire are facing prison following a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency.
Joint report by the Environment Agency and Office for Nuclear Regulation following an inspection of RWM's disposal assessment and packaging advice for radioactive wastes.
Setting out the progress being made on the GovTech waste tracking challenge, to build the UK's first comprehensive digital waste tracking system.
This paper provides a summary of the priorities and strategies stipulated by the major solid waste management policies
Environment Agency and Office for Nuclear Regulation report on their scrutiny of Nuclear Waste Services' work to develop geological disposal.
Two people have been sentenced for operating illegal waste sites in Yorkshire following an Environment Agency investigation.
Qualitative research into the drivers of diversion of waste from landfill and innovation in the waste management industry.
Permitted waste management activities provide information about wastes accepted and removed from their facilities. This is a summary of that data for 2015.
Environment Agency data for the wastes accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities. This is a summary of the data for 2017.
On 25 March 2010, the Government published this consultation on a methodology to determine a fixed unit price for waste disposal and updated…
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
Employment Tribunal decision.
Information on the current state of play on the destination of local council residual waste in England.
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent scrutiny and transparent advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of higher activity radioactive wastes.
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