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Report highlights safety record, GDF progress, and sustainable management of nuclear waste
Reforms to household and business bin collections and a crackdown on unscrupulous waste carriers will boost recycling rates and protect the environment
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A consultation on banning wet wipes containing plastic across the UK has been launched today under plans to tackle plastic pollution and clean up waterways.
Illegal Teesside scrap site with hundreds of cars piled up must now be cleared following Environment Agency investigation.
A partnership day of action in West Cumbria has seen road users stop checked and waste sites visited by the Environment Agency and partners.
Environment Agency launches consultation on updating charges for regulating notified international waste shipments
The NDA has announced that following a competitive recruitment process, Rob Fletcher has been appointed as permanent CEO of Magnox Ltd.
Court told director and his company had no environmental permit. Judge said case was a flagrant breach of law.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
NWS engaging with three other communities about hosting a GDF
In September, members of CoRWM visited the Trawsfyndd site in Snowdonia.
In July, members of CoRWM visited the Waste Treatment Complex at Sellafield.
NDA group welcomes the first cohort of graduates recruited through the NDA group graduate programme, launched late last year.
A North East man has been banned from being a company director for three years after his company dumped asbestos contaminated waste on land in Northumberland.
Data from aerial, and other environmental surveys will help NWS understand an area’s suitability to host a GDF.
John Leslie Allison sentenced to 3 years and 5 months (1261 days) in prison.
A son and mother responsible for illegal waste activity at a site in Huddersfield, which then set on fire in 2016 causing significant risk to the environment, have been sentenced.
A green start-up has developed a process to recycle body armour fibres, which could reduce emissions and save money.
Erith site closed by court order over fire and flood concerns
Volunteers cleared rubbish on England's waterways for Plasticblitz. Cigarette butts most common plastic item found in 2 weeks of litter-picking.
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