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| Title: | Mining waste directive: Scottish Government Consultation paper |
| Organisation: | Scottish Government |
| Issued: | 09 May 2008 |
| Deadline: | 30 June 2008 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | EU Directive 2006/21/ EC on the management of waste from the extractive industries ("the MWD") provides for measures, procedures and guidance to prevent or reduce as far as possible any adverse effects on the environment, and any resultant risks to human health, brought about as a result of the management of waste from the extractive industries. Such "waste" includes tailings (i.e. the waste solids or slurries that remain after the treatment of minerals by a number of techniques), waste rock and... (128 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation on the draft Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008 |
| Organisation: | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Issued: | 10 March 2008 |
| Deadline: | 27 May 2008 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | This consultation letter seeks views on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) policy proposals to regulate sewage and garbage from shipping as reflected in the draft Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008. The measure addresses two discrete but related areas of pollution from ships which form two of the annexes to the International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). The Regulations address the... (76 words more) |
| Title: | EU Directive 2006/21/EC on the Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries (The 'Mining Waste Directive') |
| Organisation: | Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) |
| Issued: | 23 January 2008 |
| Deadline: | 11 April 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The consultation paper sets out the options identified by Government, including its preferred option, for transporting into national law in England EU Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from the extractive industries - the 'Mining Waste Directive'. This includes an accompanying Impact Assessment. |
| Title: | Implementation of the Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators Directive (2006/66/EC) |
| Author: | Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) |
| Issued: | 08 January 2008 |
| Deadline: | 07 March 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | This consultation seeks views on options for implementing the requirements of Directive 2006/66/EC on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators in the UK. At this stage, Government are not consulting on draft Regulations. Responses to this consultation on options for implementation will inform Government decisions on the content of legislation to transpose the Directive into national law. There will be further public consultation on draft Regulations in due course. |
| Title: | Standard rules and guidance for the introduction of the Environmental Permitting Regulations |
| Author: | Gary Bower |
| Organisation: | IEMA |
| Issued: | 09 November 2007 |
| Deadline: | 04 December 2007 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | This consultation seeks your views on the first sets of standard rules that we intend to make available when the Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations are due to come into force in April 2008. They cover 28 low to medium risk activities that currently require a waste management licence, such as waste transfer stations and civic amenity sites. We are also consulting on associated documents - risk assessments, guidance on standard rules and permit templates. |
| Title: | Consultation on recycling targets for packaging for 2008 and thereafter |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 11 October 2007 |
| Deadline: | 30 November 2007 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The consultation paper 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 Packaging and Packaging Waste that the UK has to meet by 31 December 2008. |
| Title: | Environment Agency: Consultation on proposed Environmental Protection charges for 2008/09 |
| Organisation: | Environment Agency |
| Issued: | 14 September 2007 |
| Deadline: | 07 December 2007 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Environment Agency are required by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to recover the costs of their main regulatory services from the companies they regulate. They review charging schemes annually to ensure they are recovering our costs, and that their charges are as fair as possible. They consult with stakeholders before making any changes to their schemes and their responses then form part of their submission to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural... (54 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation on a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on Waste |
| Author: | DEFRA |
| Issued: | 17 October 2006 |
| Deadline: | 05 January 2007 CLOSED |
Waste and resource management at BAA
by BiTC;
by BiTC;
BAA is the world’s leading airport company and has pioneered airport privatisation and retailing. It serves over 133 million passengers
at its seven UK airports. In the next 11 years, BAA will... (177 words more)
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd - achieving zero waste to landfill
by Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd ;
by Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd ;
TMUK set the challenge of reducing waste to landfill generated per vehicle from 8.5kg in 2001 to zero by 2005.
... (364 words more)
The Kent Art Printers (KAP) is a small to medium-sized printing company based in Chatham Kent. In 1990 it moved to an environmentally sensitive site near an aquifer in the Capstone area of town and... (449 words more)