In July 2014 the European Group of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) organised a workshop on the waste hierarchy hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). This ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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Engineering association warns 'waste hierarchy' that informs UK policy decisions on waste and recycling is 'inadequate and not fit-for-purpose' The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has called on ...

Why would you pay to redistribute food you can’t sell, when there are people who will pay you to take it away?” asks Mark Varney, FareShare’s director of food. Why indeed? Today, according to Wrap, ...