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  • Appointments to the board of the Consumer Council for Water

    The Consumer Council for Water currently represents water and sewerage customers in England and Wales.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Baroness Verma webchat: Geological disposal in west Cumbria

    Baroness Verma took part in an hour-long webchat and answered questions on geological disposal

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Four new members appointed to the Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee

    Professor Christopher Collins, Professor Michael Depledge, Dr Gary Hutchison and Dr Peter Matthiessen appointed to HSAC until 31 December 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fly-tipping in England: annual statistics

    Fly-tipping incidents in England have decreased by nine per cent between the financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12 to 744,000 incidents.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • John Hayes comment on the Generic Design Assessment

    John Hayes' comment on the conclusion of the UK Nuclear Regulators' (Office for Nuclear Regulation & Environment Agency) Generic Design Assessment for new nuclear reactors

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Food waste helps fuel economic growth

    A new food waste recycling facility which supports economic growth and a healthy environment was opened by Defra Minister of State David Heath…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Recycling sector growth takes family business from Rags to Riches

    The recycling sector has has a threefold increase in sales turnover since 1998. The sector's growth has outstripped growth in the overall economy. 

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Local Authority collected waste for England: annual statistics

    Statistics on how household waste has changed in the last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Edward Davey launches ‘A world you like. With a Climate you like’ campaign

      Welcoming the launch of the  ‘A world you like. With a climate you like’, the European campaign to promote climate action, Secretary of State…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New minister visits West Cumbria

    New Department of Energy and Climate Change minister Baroness Verma today called for a continued and strong focus on decommissioning at the …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DECC Statement on Urenco

    The UK Government has appointed Morgan Stanley to support discussions with the Netherlands and Germany regarding the potential sale of the UK…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Chairman of the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) announced

    Jonson Cox will take up the role as designate on 1 October 2012 and will then assume full responsibility on 1 November 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DECC ministerial portfolios announced

    DECC has announced the new Ministerial portfolios following on from last week’s reshuffle. John Hayes MP is the new Minister of State for Energy…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fund manager’s first investment for Government in small scale waste project

    Foresight’s UK Waste Resources and Energy Investments (UKWREI) fund is investing £2 million with a further £2 million of matching private sector…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Latest household waste and recycling statistics

    Provisional estimates for Quarter 3 of 2011/12 of local authority collected waste generation and management for England and the regions have been published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Plutonium deal brings commercial opportunity and security benefits

    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has taken ownership of an amount of German plutonium, by participating in a series of title swaps, as …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Written Ministerial Statement: Management of overseas owned plutonium in the UK

    In December 2011 the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published its consultation response document on plutonium management.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New chair for Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

    Professor Laurence Williams has today been appointed as Chair of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. He will take up the post in …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Charles Hendry written ministerial statement on the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Programme 2nd Annual Report

    I am pleased to announce today the publication of the second annual report of  the Government's Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Programme. The programme is focused on implementing the geological dis...

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Written Ministerial Statement - Charles Hendry response to the Dr Weightman Final Report on the events at the Fukushima Nuclear Site

    Today I welcome the findings and recommendations set out in Dr Weightman’s final report on the events at the Fukushima nuclear site and publish…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government