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Dr Martin James introduces the UK’s radioactive waste inventories in his blog
Arbenigwyr ym meysydd daeareg a gwastraff ymbelydrol yn y DU yn cytuno ar Femorandwm Cyd-ddealltwriaeth ynghylch bwrw ymlaen â rhaglen gwaredu daearegol y DU
Dr Sam King introduces the thinking behind geological disposal in her blog
New agreement offers opportunities for innovation and value for money.
A Cumbrian business has unveiled a £500,000 investment which will help clean-up Sellafield while sustaining jobs and saving money for the taxpayer.
Research Support Office established in partnership with University of Manchester and University of Sheffield
Charity sanction pays for mass tree-planting in east London.
The Magnox reprocessing programme on the Sellafield site is set to fully resume this week.
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.
Public consultation period is launched
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.
Water charities gifted thousands due to corporate mistake.
The first concrete pour on the Sellafield site since restart has successfully been completed today, on the Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant site.
Big donation to company's charity of the year Danica's Dream Fund delights group founder.
Environment Agency staff joined forces with partners to enter onto a suspected illegal waste site in Essex.
In June the restart of Sellafield Ltd's 2 major security upgrade projects marked a landmark moment in our post-lockdown activity.
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.
Works and services to be provided on Repository Site under new collaborative contract.
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