20/10/2017. Recovering and re-using industrial heat (E, W). Workshops at Birmingham (31 October), Darlington (15 November) and Cardiff (21 November) are the centrepieces of a consultation that aims to test the proposed design of an ambitious programme to promote and

19/10/2017 Reforming the Green Deal Framework (UK) The ‘pay as you save’ (PAYS) mechanism that ensures repayment of loans issued through the Green Deal programme do not exceed savings on energy bills could be reformed to contribute to future Clean

19/10/2017 Clean Growth Strategy (UK) A new strategy setting out how £2.5bn will be invested between 2015 and 2021 in ‘low carbon innovation’ that can generate jobs and prosperity across the UK, while meeting ambitious national targets to tackle climate

06/10/2017 Ideas wanted for ‘reward and return’ schemes for drinks containers (E) Views on how deposit and reward and return schemes could help reduce littering and increase the numbers of plastic, metal and glass drinks containers that are recycled have

Landfill Tax Extended to Catch Illegal Waste Sites (E, W, NI) From 1 April 2018, rogue waste handling operators will be liable to landfill tax, under legislation introduced in Winter Finance Bill 2017 to target the well-organised, large scale operations