Organisations have a clear mandate to apply the waste hierarchy within their operations, but many are failing on this front. Dominic Hogg examines the reasons why I had a bit of a shock the other day.

Guidance just issued by the European Commission offers more clarification as to how and when it is acceptable to deviate from the Waste Hierarchy when treating waste. Under the terms of the Waste ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is set to revise its guidance on how businesses and other organisations should adhere to the waste hierarchy. At a workshop on Friday ...

Defra has issued updated guidance on applying the waste hierarchy for businesses in line with the revised EU Waste Framework Directive, which was transposed into UK law earlier this year. The 14-page ...

In December last year the Commission proposed a revision of the waste directive which, while keeping the hierarchy in place, allowed more room for member states to skip down a category for certain ...

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Contrary to what was stated, there has never been a five-step EU waste hierarchy despite the fact that many of those presently discussing its revision are saying so. What the 1975 directive (amended ...