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| Title: | Consultation on proposed amendments to the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 27 November 2008 |
| Deadline: | 06 February 2009 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | The Hazardous Waste Regulations transpose the requirements of the EC’s Hazardous Waste Directive (91/689/EEC) and set out requirements for the controlled management of hazardous waste from the point of production to the final point of disposal or recovery. The Regulations came into force in July 2005 and are working well. However, in the light of operational experience we are now proposing a few relatively minor amendments to minimise the burden on operators and to further clarify the... (92 words more) |
| Title: | Standard rules for the Environmental Permitting Regulations |
| Organisation: | Environment Agency |
| Issued: | 23 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 14 November 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | This consultation seeks your views on new and revised sets of standard rules and generic risk assessments that we intend to make available next year under the Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations. The rules sets concern waste operations, (including a waste disposal operation falling under the Mining Waste Directive) and some low risk installations under the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive |
| Title: | Consultation on waste incentive schemes: draft recycling service guidance |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 23 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 14 November 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | New legislation in the Climate Change Bill will allow for the first time 5 pilot authorities in England to trial specific charge-and-rebate schemes for household waste. To complement this, Defra intends to issue guidance to assist local authorities in designing and running successful pilot schemes. Defra consulted informally in June on six pieces of guidance, which covered application and designation, technical issues, finance, coverage and disadvantaged groups, fly tipping prevention, and... (105 words more) |
| Title: | Stakeholder consultation on adaptation to scientific and technical progress under Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment for |
| Organisation: | European Commission |
| Issued: | 23 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 08 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/95/EC (the RoHS Directive) provides that 'from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB or PBDE.’ The Annex to the Directive lists a number of applications of these substances, which are exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1). According to Article 5 (2) of Directive 2002/95/EC the Commission is required to consult the relevant stakeholders before amending... (29 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation Paper on Potential Legislative Measures to Implement Zero Waste |
| Organisation: | Scottish Government |
| Issued: | 21 August 2008 |
| Deadline: | 06 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Scottish Government is committed to moving towards a Zero Waste Scotland. This will help to ensure we use resources properly. It will also help combat climate change. This consultation seeks views on proposed primary legislation to help implement Zero Waste. None of the proposed measures would take effect until secondary legislation - regulations - are made. There will be full consultation on any such regulations before they are enacted. Up until now, most waste legislation in Scotland has... (65 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation on the controls on the handling, transfer and transport of waste |
| Organisation: | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Issued: | 21 August 2008 |
| Deadline: | 08 September 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | We must be able to effectively tackle illegal waste activity, such as fly-tipping to protect our local environmental quality and Welsh quality of life. This consultation is being run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in partnership with the Assembly Government. The consultation is in two parts: One includes proposals for the introduction of new powers for the Environment Agency and local authorities to be able to instantly seize vehicles that have been involved... (46 words more) |
| Title: | A consultation on revised waste exemptions from environmental permitting |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 20 August 2008 |
| Deadline: | 23 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Environment Agency are undertaking a review of the waste exemptions from environmental permitting. The aim of the review is to provide a more risk based and proportionate approach to the regulation of waste recovery and disposal operations, complementing the new environmental permitting regime. The consultation includes a number of proposed measures aimed at increasing the use of exemptions for as wide a range as possible of low risk activities... (40 words more) |
| Title: | A second consultation on the controls on the handling, transfer and transport of waste |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 24 June 2008 |
| Deadline: | 08 September 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Waste Strategy for England 2007 sets out a blueprint for waste prevention and re-use, landfill diversion and investment in waste infrastructure. To ensure the strategy is a success, illegal waste activity must be effectively tackled. Illegal waste activity, predominantly fly-tipping is a significant threat to the environment, as well as the quality of life of the general public. The consultation is in two parts. One includes proposals for the introduction of new powers for the Environment... (68 words more) |
| Title: | Review of the Recommendation on Minimum Criteria for Environmental Inspections |
| Organisation: | European Commission |
| Issued: | 24 June 2008 |
| Deadline: | 18 September 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | Environmental inspections cover all activities undertaken by authorities to ensure compliance with environmental legislation. They are a key instrument to ensure that environmental legislation is correctly applied. Realising that there were large differences in the way environmental inspections are carried out in the EU, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Recommendation providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in 2001. The Recommendation contains non binding... (166 words more) |
| Title: | Mining waste directive: Scottish Government Consultation paper |
| Organisation: | Scottish Government |
| Issued: | 09 May 2008 |
| Deadline: | 30 June 2008 CLOSED |
| 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 CLOSED |
| 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... (197 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.
... (442 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... (541 words more)
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