
Waste teams across a dozen or so English counties have just watched years of planning become provisional overnight.

Waste teams across a dozen or so English counties have just watched years of planning become provisional overnight.

In the space of about six weeks, the government has delayed the ETS expansion to waste incineration, postponed mandatory plastic film collections, paused local government reorganisation in fourteen areas, and now faces a joint letter from six MRF operators asking for the same treatment for the Deposit Return Scheme.

The Robert Adams team took our annual pilgrimage to the industry expo in Birmingham. Bobby and Phoebe give their rundown on what’s new from the world of waste.
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