Category Archives: Waste & Resource Management

Environmental Permitting, TCM, Waste & Resource Management

The EA are still assessing compliance on waste sites

February 18, 2021

As this current lockdown continues, it is important to remember that the EA are still assessing compliance on waste sites. For the majority of sites, the EA will conduct their CAR form inspection remotely.

So – expect your EA officer to ask for photos of your site, evidence of record-keeping, a telephone discussion with your TCM and more. Above all, your site’s compliance rating will impact how much your yearly subsistence fee is. The better your compliance rating the cheaper your subsistence fee is.

Environmental Permitting, Waste & Resource Management

Excavated waste, RPS 211 withdrawal and how it will impact you

December 30, 2020

On the 31st January 2021, the Environment Agency (EA) will remove RPS 211 and it will no longer apply. In turn, the EA will consider wastes excavated during unplanned utility installation and repairs as hazardous waste if not assessed. This will have a great impact on those who work closely with those sites. Wiser Environment…

Waste & Resource Management

Environmental Audit Committee – WEEE and the Circular Economy

November 26, 2020

Published on the 26th of November, the Environmental Audit Committee demonstrated the economic and environmental opportunities for WEEE. In sum, the Committee advocates that the UK Government should take proactive action to create a circular economy for electronics. Environmental Audit Committee – WEEE & the Circular Economy The select committee of the House of Commons,…

Waste & Resource Management

WEEE AATF collections at a 10-year low

November 10, 2020

In a dataset published by the Environment Agency, WEEE AATF collections are at a 10-year low. Quarter 2 of 2020 saw a return of only 64,422 tonnes. These statistics formalise COVID-19’s impact on the WEEE AATF industry. The experienced WEEE AATF experts at Wiser are ready to provide waste businesses with support. For more information…

Waste & Resource Management

New Waste Compliance Taskforce

November 9, 2020

Comprising of both public and private sector organisations – including the Environment Agency, United Resource Operators Consortium and UK Waste Solutions – the Waste Compliance Taskforce will launch on the 22nd of October. The cross-sector Taskforce aims to provide the waste industry with effective means to tackle and prevent waste crime. Set to be announced…

Waste & Resource Management

The International Aluminium Institute published figures on aluminium recycling

October 23, 2020

The latest aluminium recycling figures published by the International Aluminium Institute suggest that Europe has one of the highest recycling efficiency rates in the world and the transportation industry recycles the most aluminium. Wiser Environment outlines the pertinent information from the International Aluminium Institute’s research. Representing the majority of the world’s aluminium producers, the International…

Waste & Resource Management

Consultation on the Green Gas Levy

October 2, 2020

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is hosting a consultation on the Green Gas Levy. This consultation closes on the 2nd of November 2020. Broadly, the levy intends to fund the injection of biomethane into the UK gas grid; also known as the Green Gas Support Scheme. According to the UK Government, the…

Waste & Resource Management

Environmental commitments from UK Government

August 28, 2020

The UK Government is set to announce legally binding environmental commitments; underpinning improvements to air quality, water, biodiversity, resource efficiency and waste reduction. Looking forward, it is expected that waste and resource industry businesses will have an opportunity to share their views in a public consultation in 2022. In today’s press release, the Department for…

Vietnam, Waste & Resource Management

China’s Solid Waste Law to come into effect in 2021

July 13, 2020

China’s upcoming ban on solid waste imports is set to be made law. The Bureau of International Recycling suggests that an amendment to the ‘Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Solid Wastes Pollution to the Environment’ will provide further clarification to the waste import ban. Wiser Environment concurs…

Waste & Resource Management

WEEE Support Grants and Loans Package

April 27, 2020

To help stabilise the WEEE industry, the Compliance Fee Advisory Panel has agreed to offer operators financial support. £5.6 million is now available through the WEEE Support Grants and Loans Package. Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities (AATFs) can apply for a grant or loan sum based on WEEE tonnage treated in the 2019 compliance period. The…