The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation seeking views on the forthcoming revision to the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA). The HECA places a duty on all Energy Conservation Authorities (ECAs) to produce improvement plans aimed at achieving a voluntary 30% energy efficiency improvement within ten […]

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This consultation paper is presented jointly by Defra, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government. It discusses the overall recovery targets, overall recycling and material-specific recycling targets for packaging waste. It reviews the existing UK targets for 2008 to assess whether they will deliver the targets in the EC Directive on […]

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI No. 2933 & W.253) were made on 8th October and entered into force on 31st October. These Regulations essentially mirror those published in Northern Ireland on 01/10/07 (see October edition of In Touch) and relate to the requirements for environmental assessment of two types […]

The Climate Change Levy (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No. 2903) were made on 8th October 2007 and entered into force on 1st November. These Regulations make many amendments to the Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/838). There are four key groups of amendments:
1. Changes relating to the abolition of climate […]

As reported in the March edition of In Touch, from 30 October 2007 non-hazardous waste must be treated before it is disposed of at a landfill site. This already applies to hazardous waste. Liquid waste will be banned from any landfill.
Non-hazardous solid waste includes household and builders’ skip waste, soil and rubble. The […]

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (Statutory Rule 2007 No.421) were made on 2nd October and enter into force on 5th November 2007. These Regulations implement Council Directive 85/337/EEC (O.J. No. L175, 5.7.85, p.40) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (as […]

This is the final consultation of Sector Guidance Note (SG) 6 for A2 activities in the organic solvents sector on the fifth of the so-called ‘2-year reviews’ of all the sector guidance notes for the local authority IPPC-regime. The 2-year review programme is to reinforce the guidance on non-air matters, which were given limited coverage […]

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part I and Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 provide for the setting of fees and charges for Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC), Local Air - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC), and Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) at levels that will recover costs of local authorities […]