At the end of last year, the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) released its data report on England's ...

Most people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone's ...

Also, while Defra has set out that every local authority will be required to collect food waste for recycling by 31 March 2026, this will not apply to those linked to a “long-term residual waste ...

Defra today published the first set of estimates from the Department's 2006/7 survey of municipal waste. This is the third year that results are based on information supplied by local authorities ...

Defra was also criticised for not doing enough to help local authorities tackle fly-tipping, which is rife in urban areas and also blights rural communities, with 1.1 million reported incidents in ...

HMRC and Defra target waste offenders. Story by Mohamed Dabo • 6h. T he UK government introduced landfill tax in 1996, aiming to discourage the disposal of waste in landfills and promote recycling.

This was the warning from the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) as part of wider industry responses to the ...

The report found that 3.2m tonnes of packaging were put into recycling bins, 2.3m tonnes were put into residual – or “black” bins, and 70,000 tonnes were mistakenly put in with food waste.

Since 2007, household food waste has decreased by 22 per cent. However, WRAP warns that to meet UN Sustainable Development ...

UK industry leaders warn the new Extended Producer Responsibility packaging tax will push up prices, hurt SMEs, and drive ...

Data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows that the UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic ...

At the end of last year, the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) released its data report on England's ...