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Essex residents are being urged to get rid of their waste properly after around 8 houses-worth of rubbish was discovered illegally dumped in Chelmsford.
Charity sanction pays for mass tree-planting in east London.
Latest data shows a 59% drop in plastic carrier bag sales in the last year alone in main supermarkets, with charities receiving nearly £180 million since 2015.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Circular Economy Package includes a target to recycle 65% of municipal waste by 2035 and measures to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill or incinerated.
A Cambridgeshire illegal waste site the size of a football pitch has been swooped on by the Environment Agency as part of work to shut it down for good.
An investigation by the Environment Agency has begun into 4 abandoned trailers full of waste that have appeared around Bromsgrove in the space of a week.
Environmental charities throughout the Midlands have received over £1.475m in donations as a result of Environment Agency enforcement action over the last 9 years.
Charity payment after breaching packaging rules.
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is to benefit by £35,868.12 through an Enforcement Undertaking accepted by the Environment Agency.
The Environment Agency continues to respond to reports of illegal waste sites, even during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Environment Agency is continuing to protect people and the environment during coronavirus (COVID-19).
The government has announced a £3 million fund for food redistribution organisations help them cut food waste during the coronavirus outbreak.
80 hours unpaid work and £10,000 prosecution costs for man who caused suffering to Derby residents.
Prima Uno deal is the first for Project Controls under new procurement route.
Guatemalan youngsters presented the results of their innovative projects funded after the 1st Youth Leadership Summit for the 4Rs.
£1.15 million of government funding announced to tackle food waste in households and supply chains
Woman jailed for her part in illegal, family run waste storage and processing business.
A man who ran illegal waste sites – dangerously hoarding hundreds of tonnes of waste tyres – has been handed a 12 month suspended prison sentence.
The Dorset-based maker of pink-themed cleaning products didn't sign up to a scheme which helps recover and recycle waste from packaging.
Businesses can apply for a share of up to £37 million to support projects that look at ways to radically reduce waste from plastic packaging.
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