Source: EA You will no longer be required by law to prepare a site waste management plan (SWMP) from 1 December 2013. However, SWMPs may still be required by BREEAM, the planning permission or by the main contractor or client. …
The Food Standards Agency has published some new guidance for Village Halls and other Community/Charity events that serve food on an occasional basis, (less than once a month) and the need to register. if the event requires complex food safety…
The Repeal of Site Waste Regulations means that large construction projects in England are no longer required to have Waste Management plans in place before work starts.
The Energy Saving Trust (EST) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car are working together with businesses to assist them to make beneficial changes to reduce costs and improve sustainability. These changes may include introducing electric cars into the fleet, finding alternatives to unregulated…
Source: Department of Energy and Climate Change The Foreign Secretary launched the Balance of Competences Review in Parliament on 12 July 2012, taking forward the Coalition commitment to analyse and examine the UK’s relationship with the European Union. The Department…
Source: Environment Agency, http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/33698.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Environment+Agency&utm_campaign=3153895_October+-+issue+23&utm_content=Floodplanningguidance Are you a planner or developer? The government has published new, shorter planning guidance for councils and developers in England. To support it, we have published detailed advice on managing flood risks including on climate change; Strategic…
Source: Environment Agency, National Packaging Waste Database, http://npwd.environment-agency.gov.uk/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Environment+Agency&utm_campaign=3153895_October+-+issue+23&utm_content=Packaging&dm_i=2WX,1VLK7,BJ9KL4,6RQGJ,1 DEFRA have requested that the below information note is made available via NPWD. This information note outlines changes to the Packaging Directive on the scope of what is considered to be regarded as packaging.…
Source: Environment Agency, http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/144676.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Environment+Agency&utm_campaign=3153895_October+-+issue+23&utm_content=Legislationlink This Order brings into force the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 which repeals the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 and replaces the previous system of site registration with a new system of licensing, which will be administered…
Source: Environment and Business, EA Changes to how we permit – IED update Do you have an installation permit or an exemption? We will be changing the way we permit and who we permit as a result of the Industrial…