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Ben Elliot appointed as government’s first Food Surplus and Waste Champion to help promote awareness of the issue of food waste
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Government launches consultation to extend the 5p plastic bag charge to all retailers and increase the charge to 10p
RWM begins the search for a site to locate a Geological Disposal Facility
The decommissioning of Dounreay’s oldest nuclear reactor has taken a major step forward with the award of a multi-million pound contract.
Businesses and manufacturers to pay the full cost of recycling or disposing of their packaging waste under government’s Resources and Waste Strategy.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has secured savings of almost £1.7 million through the sale of land at Winfrith to a waste processing specialist.
Rugeley illegal waste following organised waste crime
The British Embassy’s #BetterthanPlastic challenge continues to gather support, raising awareness of how to tackle plastic pollution.
A North East man has been fined after pleading guilty to three offences, including breaching an environmental permit and obstruction.
UK to lead the world in development of sustainable packaging thanks to new government funding.
David Peattie, CEO of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has today announced that Lawrie Haynes has been appointed Chair Designate of the NDA subsidiary, Magnox Ltd.
Defra joins forces with Keep Britain Tidy to launch the ‘Keep it, Bin it’ campaign
In a first for the UK nuclear industry, Magnox has announced that Bradwell Site, in Essex, has entered a safe state known as ‘care and maintenance’.
The Foreign Office Minister of State Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has announced a 97% drop in single-use plastics being used by Foreign Office staff in the UK.
The government is stepping up its fight against rogue ‘man-with-a-van’ waste carriers who fly-tip.
LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) Stand proves popular with potential new recruits.
Waste wood kept coming into a site in Devon, but never left and cost the landowner dearly when he was left to clear 10,000 tonnes.
Vehicle seen in Surrey town part of criminal probe
The NDA has reached a major milestone in its decommissioning mission with the end of nuclear fuel reprocessing at Thorp.
A company has been ordered to pay £10,476 in fines and costs for illegally disposing of thousands of tonnes of waste on agricultural land near Exeter.
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