In recent months, we have been engaging with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on the case for introducing mandatory separate food waste collections in England. The cost of introducing separate food waste collections across England is…
Yesterday I joined a call hosted by the European Biogas Association (EBA) regarding the ongoing progress of the revision of the EC Fertiliser Regulations, which is part of the Circular Economy Package. You can see the slides here. The call…
Following their successful journey through the House of Commons the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) the House of Lords is set to debate the regulations on Wednesday 9 May. Please note that the 'entry into force' of the regulations will not…
Energy network regulation and price is set by the 'RIIO approach'. This ensures that the companies who run gas and electricity networks in the UK have enough revenue to run an efficient network, and that as a result end consumers…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is consulting on the support for farmers following the end of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). ADBA is responding to the consultation, Health and Harmony: The Future for Food, Farming and…
Ahead of the forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy, at last week’s ADBA Member Meeting we were joined by Robert Vaughan, Head of Household Waste and Recycling at Defra, who spoke about the work being undertaken towards achieving the target of…
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) regulations were considered yesterday (23 April 2018) by the Second Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC). Claire Perry MP, Minister for Energy and Clean Growth introduced the regulations and discussed the reforms coming to the scheme. Staturoty…
Earlier this week it was confirmed that the draft Best Available Techniques (BAT) conclusions for waste treatment received a positive opinion by the IED Article 75 Committee last Thursday 12th April. This is also referred to as the Waste Treatment…
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) reforms will be debated in the House of Commons next week, on Monday afternoon (23rd April). The reforms seek to implement the December 2016 government response to the consutlation on a reformed and refocused scheme. Following…
The long Easter recess has had a knock-on effect on the passage of legislation through Parliament. The most important piece that has been delayed are the Renewable Heat Incentive regulations, which at the time of writing are still slowly progressing…