The European Parliament has thrown out proposals to increase recycling targets set out in the forthcoming EU Battery Directive. The second reading of the Directive, which seeks to make battery manufacturers responsible for collecting and recycling waste batteries, saw MEPs holding fast to recycling targets agreed by Member States.
The decision means that the collection […]

A proposed European ban on the disposal of foodstuffs to landfill will not be introduced for at least another 12 months. The ban on former foodstuffs (such as cooked foods containing meat, fish or animal derivatives) was due to be implemented on December 31 2005 as part of the Animal By-products Regulations. However, the European […]

The Environment Agency’s has encouraged householders and business to use the new ‘online waste register’ can be used to double check that their waste carrier is authorised and legitimate.
As detailed previously, new regulations place a Duty of Care on every household to ensure that contractors removing their rubbish are registered companies. Households failing to […]

DTI have announced further delays in the implementation of the WEEE Regulations following a special meeting at the DTI. Here it was decided that current proposals were unacceptable for new regulations bringing in the WEEE Directive, which will require manufacturers to pay for collecting and recycling waste electronics.
Although the DTI has not provided any firm […]

Member States achieved political agreement on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH), the new chemicals regulation, at the Competitiveness Council in December. It paves the way for the Council and the European Parliament to deliver a final joint agreement next year.
In a joint statement, Lord Bach, who represented the UK in the negotiations, […]

The New Producer Responsibility (Packaging Waste) Regulations were made on 15th December 2005 and set new recovery and recycling targets as detailed in Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003, Council Directive 2004/12/EC and Council Directive 2005/20/EC the Packaging Waste Directive). The new Regulations replace the […]