The deputy Prime Minister has this month stated that he wants small businesses to be subject to no more than two inspections a year by all regulators. Speaking to small-business leaders in Shoredit...
Households in England broke through the 40% recycling rate for the first time in 2010, however the speed at which recycling rates are increasing has continued to slow down.
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published a consultation on several proposals aimed at simplifying the Climate Change Agreements (CCA) Scheme. The CCA...
Carluccio's, the chain of Italian restaurants and food shops, has been fined £15,000 for breaches of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations, the current version of wh...
When they came into force in April 2010, the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2010/675 expanded the scope of environmental permitting to include,...
In recent times, awareness of the environmental protection issues affecting businesses has increased, and the influx of environmental legislation from the EU has resulted in hundreds of Regulations...
The Environment Agency has released a regulatory position statement regarding Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) in order to clarify the use of SIC codes on hazardous...
Environment Minister Alex Attwood has this month welcomed figures which show the amount of household waste collected by district councils has fallen by 4.2%, with recycling and composting rates ris...
A Dungiven firm, PB Formwork Ltd, has been fined more than £35,000 following a breach of health and safety legislation at a landfill site. The case relates to an incident last year at the Cottonmo...
A construction firm has been ordered to pay a total of £90,000 after an employee fell while working on the Liverpool ONE development. William Taylor was working in one of the new apartment blocks...
The UK is apparently dumping its e-waste on Africa, with computers and other items shipped illegally to countries such as Nigeria and Ghana, according to reports. Despite regulations prohibiting i...
The set of the new Harry Potter movie was closed this month, following a health and safety incident.
Leigh stuntman David Holmes was injured as he was working at height in an aerial sequence...
Public representatives and local campaigners opposed to goldmining operations have reacted with anger to a pollution incident at the Creevan Burn close, near Omagh. The incident was caused by leaka...
Workers at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have been banned from shifting furniture around their offices, in a move that has been criticised as "health and safety gone mad." Signs on the wall...
Despite almost £400,000 being allocated to the Western Health and Social Services Trust to resolve asbestos problems at hospitals and ancillary buildings in Omagh, it has been claimed this month th...
