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Posted 12th of March 2010
During February we advertised for a Policy Support Officer. At the beginning of March we recruited not one, but two new Policy Support Officers and both will be working one-day a week on policy issues for us. Sally Sheward from Knowsley MBC in the North West of England is going to focus on pol...
Posted 11th of March 2010
Environment Minister Edwin Poots, today launched the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment’s new waste prevention website, marking the first step in its Rethink Waste campaign.The Rethink Waste campaign website aims to raise awareness, encourage best practice and achieve behaviou...
Posted 3rd of March 2010
Unfortunately the waste industry is renowned for its poor health and safety record with an exceptionally high number of major accidents every year.Early results for 2009/10 suggest the figure may be lower than previous years; however every incident can have a huge impact on human life. We must...
Posted 12th of March 2010
European Recycling Platform (ERP), the UK's largest battery compliancescheme, and the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership have joined forces withCoBRA (the Community Battery Recycling Alliance), an award-winning battery collection network manned by volunteers. CoBRA and the local authority are...
Posted 5th of March 2010
Grocery manufacturers and retailers today agreed to make significant cuts to food and packaging waste that could save customers and the industry £1 billion and cut carbon emissions by three million tonnes, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today announced.Phase Two of the Courtauld Commitment ...
MRW Posted 5th of March 2010
Bristol City Council has become the first authority in the country to apply for the Government’s financial waste incentive scheme.Following a series of discussions and meetings with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Waste & Resources Action Programme, the city ...
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