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DWF LLP | United Kingdom | 25 Jun 2021
Delivering consistency in household and business recycling
In this article, our public sector experts discuss some of the key consultation proposals and the potential impact they may have on Waste Collection…
Dentons | United Kingdom | 3 Aug 2020
Natural capital - Change is Coming
The Environment Bill is emerging back into the daylight having survived the General Election. Slow burning changes in how we value Natural Resources…
Covington & Burling LLP | United Kingdom | 20 Mar 2020
DEFRA announces raft of new measures to support food supply and key workers in response to COVID-19
On 20 March 2020, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“DEFRA”) has announced a raft of measures relating to food supply and key…
Fieldfisher LLP (Ireland) | United Kingdom | 4 Mar 2020
Britain to phase out sale of coal and wet wood
The UK government is phasing out the sale of both wet wood and house coal for domestic burning as it seeks to encourage the use of cleaner fuels in…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 7 Jun 2019
Allergen labelling: what's on the menu for regulatory reform?
As first reported in our Legal Update of 7 February 2019, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) launched a public consultation…
Ashfords LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 19 Mar 2019
Cross compliance - application of penalties and fairness
Last year, in connection with its report on the Performance of the Rural Payments Agency, DEFRA reported that "Farmers remain dissatisfied with the…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | United Kingdom | 27 Feb 2019
Water resources infrastructure - Draft NPS
On 29 November 2018, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“DEFRA”) released a consultation on its draft National Policy Statement…
Russell Kennedy | Australia | 26 Feb 2019
Reform of Victoria's Environment Legislation
The reform of the environment legislation in Victoria has its origins in community, worker and emergency services personnel exposure to health risks…
Walker Morris LLP | United Kingdom | 26 Feb 2019
Changes on the horizon for allergen labelling
‘Pre-packed foods for direct sale’ are foods that have been packaged on the same premises from which they are being sold, for example sandwiches or…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 6 Feb 2019
Fraud in Packaging Recycling: Environment Agency is clamping down on ‘Waste Crime’
‘Waste crime’ takes many forms and is nothing new. However, it is on the increase and is now one of the main targets for serious and organised crime…
