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Schools across England will mark World Ocean Day (WOD) next month (Tuesday 8 June) by exploring the journey of plastic with the Environment Agency.
The Islamic Festival Eid al-Fitr is at the heart of a new diversity project encouraging sustainable behaviour changes during faith-based celebrations.
Five individuals have been arrested today (20 April) following an investigation by the Environment Agency into large-scale waste crime activity.
One jailed and the other gets a suspended sentence for failing to dispose of rubbish legally.
Preventing plastic waste will be the focus of an open virtual workshop for businesses in the Solent area today (19 April 2021).
A rogue trader has been jailed for allowing thousands of tonnes of waste - including hazardous material - to be illegally deposited at a site in Somerset.
Resources encouraging less waste are live on the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Club website.
The Thermal Treatment Integrated Project Team carried out work to understand waste applicability, technology capability and economic aspects.
Optimising site funding, balancing container and operations costs with infrastructure costs.
Development of a decommissioning toolkit of scalable, transferable and integrated solutions which would drive safer, faster and cheaper decommissioning.
Ensuring appropriate, accessible records essential for safe interim storage, future completion, transport and ultimate disposition of waste packages.
In 2013 we concluded the development of our strategy to remove unirradiated nuclear material from Dounreay and consolidate it at Sellafield.
Since the Fukushima Daiichi incident in 2011, the UK has increased its support to Japan, using its experience to assist with decommissioning challenges.
A Northamptonshire man, who was jailed in January, after a decade of waste offences was ordered this week to pay £12,500 in costs and £140 in victim surcharge.
A Devon businessman has been ordered by Exeter Crown Court to spend £85,344 of his own money removing waste he illegally deposited on a floodplain near Cullompton.
Eight wheel tipper truck impounded in joint operation with police.
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Online workshop encourages local people to stamp out avoidable plastic waste.
Peter Higgins given suspended sentence for illegally storing and burning waste at Gedney Dyke.
Skip man’s offences spanned a decade.
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