A Worcestershire waste director and firm have been told to pay almost £110,000 for what was described as a "flagrant breach" of waste...
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Consolidated Waste Round-up
Lots of waste related legislation has come into force, or is due to come into force, so we at Barbour Consolidated thought it would be handy for all these changes to be all in one place!
UK to loosen post-Brexit chemical regulations further
The Government is to loosen EU-derived laws on chemicals in a move experts say will increase the likelihood of toxic substances entering the environment.
Under new plans the Government will...
Changes to the ESOS Regulations
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Amendment) Regulations SI 2023/1182 enter into force on 29th November 2023 and make important amendments to the...
King's speech 2023
King Charles III delivered what was the first King's speech in more than 70 years, setting out the UK government's legislative agenda for the next Parliamentary session.
A total of 21 Bills...
Today is World Town Planning Day!
Today (8 November) is World Town Planning Day!
It was set up by Argentinian professor Carlos María della Paolera in Buenos Aires in 1949.
Every year, planners and communities...
Government faces legal action over sewage sludge pollution rules
An environmental campaign group Fighting Dirty is taking legal action against the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the ...
ILO adopts new Global Framework on Chemicals
The International Labour Organization (ILO) attended and organised the participation of tripartite constituents in the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management in Bonn...
Fine for man using residential address for storage
A man has been found guilty for breaching a planning enforcement notice.
The man failed to attend court on 23 October to face three charges of failings to comply with an enforcement notice...
DEFRA confirms initial list of irreplaceable habitats for BNG purposes
Ahead of mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG), the Land Use Policy Team of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) are confir...
Appeal of lenient penalty for care home where resident died allowed
In HM Advocate v Tigh-Na-Muirn Ltd, the Crown appealed an unduly lenient sheriff's imposition of a £30,000 financial penalty, which was then discounted by one third to 20,000, follow...
Appeal of excessive emissions penalty by airline operator dismissed
In ABX Air Inc v Environment Agency, an aircraft operator (ABX) appealed against an excessive emissions penalty of £382,900 imposed by the respondent Environment...
UK government is consulting on scope 3 emissions reporting
On 19 October 2023, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published a consultation which aims to collect views on the reviews of the greenhouse gas reporti...
Brothers ordered to clear illegal scrap site
Two former directors of a Teesside company have been ordered by the Teesside Crown Court to clear their illegal scrap site, which was housing hundreds of vehicles. Both men, of Phoenix Sidings in S...
Today is National Stress Awareness Day!
Today (1 November) is International Stress Awareness Week, which was set up by the International Stress Management Association to campaign against the stigma associated with stress and mental healt...
