Recycling news: 2018

Policy & government Mr N Brown v York Timber Products Ltd: 1805175/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 31 Dec 2018 Policy & government Alun Cairns’ New Year message for 2019 The Welsh Secretary reflects on Welsh success stories in 2018 and looks ahead to the following 12 months GOV.UK · 31 Dec 2018 Policy & government Gove appoints Food Waste Champion Ben Elliot appointed as government’s first Food Surplus and Waste Champion to help promote awareness of the issue of food waste GOV.UK · 31 Dec 2018 Policy & government Mr RM Slowik v Southern Plastic Recycling Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation): 1400284/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 27 Dec 2018 Policy & government Schools challenged to go single-use plastic free by 2022 Schools are being urged to stop using single-use plastic items and consider environmentally-friendly alternatives. GOV.UK · 27 Dec 2018 Policy & government Plastic carrier bags: Gove sets out new measures to extend charge Government launches consultation to extend the 5p plastic bag charge to all retailers and increase the charge to 10p GOV.UK · 27 Dec 2018 Policy & government Regulations & Permits - Department of Ecology - State of Washington (.gov) Washington Department of Ecology · 25 Dec 2018 Policy & government Chemicals - The Danish Environmental Protection Agency Danish EPA (Miljostyrelsen, English) · 22 Dec 2018 Policy & government CCC to advise the Government on its third assessment of UK climate change risks The UK Government has formally asked the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to prepare an independent Evidence Report to support the UK’s third comprehensive assessment of the risks and opportunities from climate change. Climate Change Committee · 21 Dec 2018 Policy & government Corporate social responsibility at Companies House A round-up of our corporate social responsibility successes over the last 6 months. GOV.UK · 20 Dec 2018 Policy & government CAC Outcome: Industrial Workers of the World & XPO Logistics Outcome(s) by the Central Arbitration Committee on an application from the Industrial Workers of the World. GOV.UK · 18 Dec 2018 Policy & government NE10 0ES, P A Moody Recycling Limited: environmental permit issued View the permit issued for GAP Waste Management, Gateshead under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 18 Dec 2018 Policy & government Resources and waste strategy for England This strategy sets out how we will preserve material resources by minimising waste, promoting resource efficiency and moving towards a circular economy in England. GOV.UK · 18 Dec 2018 Policy & government DN40 2LF, S.A.R. Recycling Ltd: environmental permit issued View the permit issued for S.A.R. Recycling Ltd, Immingham under the Industrial Emissions Directive. GOV.UK · 18 Dec 2018 Policy & government Gove launches landmark blueprint for resources and waste Businesses and manufacturers to pay the full cost of recycling or disposing of their packaging waste under government’s Resources and Waste Strategy. GOV.UK · 18 Dec 2018 Policy & government Advanced conversion technologies (ACT) technical guidance These guidance notes explain how to comply with the advanced conversion technologies (ACT) efficiency standard and the physical separation requirement. GOV.UK · 18 Dec 2018 Policy & government Stalking and Harassment Stalking and harassment both involve any repeated behaviour that would cause alarm, distress or fear of violence in a victim. Common stalking or harassment behaviours include unwanted contact online or in person, following a victim, and interfering with property. Stalking is characterised by a perpetrator’s fixation or obsession and can have long-term psychological and social effects on a victi… POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 17 Dec 2018 Policy & government Winfrith land transfer secures £1.7 million savings The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has secured savings of almost £1.7 million through the sale of land at Winfrith to a waste processing specialist. GOV.UK · 17 Dec 2018 Policy & government Chevening Alumni unite for #BetterthanPlastic The British Embassy’s #BetterthanPlastic challenge continues to gather support, raising awareness of how to tackle plastic pollution. GOV.UK · 17 Dec 2018 Policy & government Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2018 to 2019: government response This document sets out the government’s response to the Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2018 to 2019. GOV.UK · 17 Dec 2018 Policy & government 2018 Global accounts of private registered providers An annual summary of the financial status of private registered providers of social housing. GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2018 Policy & government CH91800 - Penalties for VAT and Excise Wrongdoing: In what circumstances is a penalty payable: Landfill Tax - knowingly making, causing, or permitting a disposal of material at an unauthorised waste site GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2018 Policy & government CH14950 - Record Keeping: How long must records be retained for: Aggregates levy, climate change levy and landfill tax GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2018 Policy & government VATF52100 - The Kittel principle intervention: Overview: The right to deduct and when that right can be denied GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2018 Policy & government VATF42600 - Basic interventions: input tax interventions: input tax incurred by a taxable person who is relying on his right to deduct for fraudulent ends GOV.UK · 14 Dec 2018 Policy & government CCC welcomes Government’s plans for ‘net-zero hub’ of heavy industry, but urges an early target date The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today welcomes news that the UK Government intends to help establish the UK’s first net zero carbon industrial cluster, backed up with £170 million of funding for research, development and deployment - although it urges an earlier target date. Climate Change Committee · 13 Dec 2018 Policy & government Rosalyn Schofield and Ece Ozdemiroglu reappointed to Adaptation Committee Two members of the CCC’s Adaptation Committee, Rosalyn Schofield and Ece Ozdemiroglu, have been reappointed for a further three-year term. Climate Change Committee · 13 Dec 2018 Policy & government Robotics in Social Care This POSTnote introduces robotic technology and the main ways it has been developed for use in social care. It reviews evidence on the impact of robotics on the costs and quality of social care and its workforce, and explores the main ethical, social and regulatory challenges to its use in social care. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 12 Dec 2018 Policy & government Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy - NSW EPA NSW EPA · 12 Dec 2018 Policy & government Mrs Amanda Bartle v Clothing Recycling Centres Ltd: 1600458/2018 Employment Tribunal decision. GOV.UK · 11 Dec 2018 Policy & government Ball UK Holdings Ltd v The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs: [2018] UKUT 0407 (TCC) Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mrs Justice Falk and Judge Cannan on 10 December 2018. GOV.UK · 10 Dec 2018 Policy & government Drive to employ ex-offenders attracts over 120 businesses More than 120 further businesses have registered to work with prisons and set offenders on a path to employment, Justice Secretary David Gauke revealed today. GOV.UK · 6 Dec 2018 Policy & government POST annual reception 2019 Event on 29 January 2019. This January, join POST for another Annual Reception and celebrate with us a year of achievements in research and policy. This year, in partnership with Sage Publishing, we will be holding a seminar on science diplomacy and an exhibition and reception on polar science. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Sir David Attenborough and Professor Dame Jane Francis. POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 5 Dec 2018 Policy & government Food scraps could be turned into environmentally friendly plastic packaging UK to lead the world in development of sustainable packaging thanks to new government funding. GOV.UK · 5 Dec 2018 Policy & government Professor Piers Forster joins Committee on Climate Change Professor Piers Forster has been appointed to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) by the Secretary of State for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire Perry MP, and the devolved administrations. Climate Change Committee · 3 Dec 2018 Policy & government Landfill tax bulletin: October 2018 Monthly statistics on Landfill Tax receipts, liabilities and tonnage for the UK. GOV.UK · 30 Nov 2018 Policy & government Devastating impact on nature highlighted in new campaign to fight litter Defra joins forces with Keep Britain Tidy to launch the ‘Keep it, Bin it’ campaign GOV.UK · 30 Nov 2018 Policy & government Bradwell nuclear site: celebrating 60 years at the heart of the community As Bradwell nuclear site in Essex becomes the first UK nuclear site to reach the "care and maintenance" (C&M) phase of its life, Magnox looks back over the journey that Bradwell has taken since construction began in 1957. GOV.UK · 29 Nov 2018 Policy & government Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics annual report 2017/18 This is an annual publication which reports final figures on the key measurements of local authority collected municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland. GOV.UK · 29 Nov 2018 Policy & government EU Environmental Principles Environmental principles inform legal and political frameworks that aim to minimise the ill-effects of human activity on the environment. In the EU (Withdrawal Act) 2018, the UK has committed to incorporating a set of environmental principles into UK legislation. This POSTnote summarises these principles and considers potential opportunities and challenges surrounding their implementation post-… POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) · 28 Nov 2018