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 ...

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published guidance for planning authorities on how to meet their requirements as set out in the Waste Framework Directive when drawing up waste ...

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

Patrick Clerens is the Secretary-General of ESWET – the European Suppliers of Waste to Energy Technology As the official procedures at the European Parliament are moving towards the Committee votes on ...

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 ...

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, ...