Over the last five years fines totalling £3,332,214 have been levied by the courts in England on offenders convicted of fly-tipping offen

Water companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991, whatever the we

Defra is investigating the risks and environmental effects of deep sea mining through a cross Government working group including Cefas, t

The Government has provided local government with over £200 billion for this spending period and while councils make their own spending d

Through the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 and subsequent secondary legislation, the Industrial Emissions Directive and the Medium Combustion Pla

Our analysis shows that if all local authorities provide at least kerbside properties (as opposed to flats) with a separate food waste co

It is difficult to meaningfully estimate the proportion of plastic waste in the world’s ocean that originates from the UK.

A public consultation on proposals to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, plastic-stemmed cotton buds and plastic drink s

No funding has been made available by the Department to disposal authorities for the prevention of methane emissions from closed landfill

We have not made an assessment of the effect that introducing paid permits for vans to access household waste and recycling centres has h