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

Tackling Illegal Waste Carriers (E, W) The Environment Agency and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency have signed a formal agreement to share intelligence and carry out joint operations in England to stop waste being illegally transported and to target unsafe

Further Reforms To The Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (E, S, W)   Eligible heat uses, subsidy limits for very large plant and the regulation of plant to produce biomethane for injection into the gas grid for decarbonisation purposes are key