Key figures in waste recycling have expressed concern about new resource minister Dan Rogerson’s announcement of Defra plans to decrease its policy and funding activities in the sector, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. A recent letter by Mr Rogerson to members of the industry asserted that although waste was still...
2014/15 to see reduction in waste activities by Defra
Clients of the waste collections of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) may be interested to read of the new warning by recently appointed resource minister Dan Rogerson, that Defra will cut back on activities in the waste and recycling sector for 2014/15. Although Mr Rogerson described waste as “one of his...
Recycling in England not on track to meet EU targets
The mere 0.2 per cent rise in England’s recycling rate in 2012/13 is not a sufficient rate of increase to ensure that UK meets the 50 per cent by 2020 recycling target set by the EU, Defra has said. Users of Collect and Recycle’s (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) waste services may be intrigued...