The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has expressed concern about proposals used to calculate fees under the ...

The association said local authority waste management costs needed to calculate the tonnage-based fees are arrived at by a process of modelling using Defra’s in-house ‘Local Authority Packaging Cost ...

The Environment Agency seeks feedback on proposed civil sanctions for breaches of pEPR regulations, including warning notices ...

During December 2024, Defra confirmed there will not be a second or third application ... This theme works by dividing the beneficial score of the chosen items, by their cost to calculate the value ...

The future rollout of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) hinges on the upcoming spending review, Defra officials told a meeting of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select ...

Egg association warns of a “very significant impact” on UK egg production following the bird-flu case in Shropshire.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) in the UK has released a new methodology to assess and rate the recyclability of packaging materials. The Recyclability Assessment ...

It has prompted accusations of “hypocrisy” from the agency, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), as the Government prepares to ban the sale of new petrol ...

A sexy calculator? You’ve got to be kidding. Though indisputably necessary, it’s hard even to remember a time when they existed. Today we just instinctively tap an app on our phone for some ...

Steve Reed has apologised for the “shock” of the Government’s inheritance tax raid on farmers. The Environment Secretary said he was “sorry we had to take difficult decisions” to impose ...