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The government is assessing a Chinese initiative that uses waste biomass for large scale industrial use.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A UK delegation met Indonesian officials to knowledge share on environmental matters affecting Indonesia
The Secretary of State is designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the environment…
The Committee's new remit is to advise on optimising packaging, monitor existing regulations and advise on data from across the supply chain.
This document details the programme on evidence-based policy-making on waste, resource management and sustainable consumption in England and Wales.
A commitment to increasing energy from waste through anaerobic digestion.
This document contains actions and commitments which together set a clear direction towards a zero waste economy.
This paper sets out the key principles for public policy interventions in waste.
These actions will form the implementation plan for waste policies in this Waste Review and for the rest of this Parliament.
This consultation sought comments on the options for transposing Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
A spreadsheet containing the Appendix 1 for the Regulatory Impact assessments: Estimated benefits from specific initiatives in ESQCR.
Defra consulted on updated draft air quality plans that set out the action taken and being planned at national, regional and local levels to meet the annual and hourly EU NO2 limit values in England as soon as possible.
The final Impact assessments for the second carbon budget.
Specific response to each of the recommendations in the making space for nature review.
This document contains the following information: The natural choice: securing the value of nature
Action plan to further improve the social and environmental impacts of windows.
Action plan to further improve the social and environmental impacts of plasterboard.
Progress on improving the sustainability of clothing across its lifecycle.
The Impact assessments addressed issues that have rised from enabling a discretionary power to remove obligations to decommission offshore oil…
The Impact assessments of possible issues in policy designed to address compulsory purchase powers for the change of use of existing gas pipelines…
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