Defra has announced implementation of a deposit return scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is set for 1 October 2025, with legislation to follow later this year

Defra has published details of further single-use plastic bans, to cover plates, cutlery, and polystyrene cups, to come into effect October 2023

The new regulations came into effect on 1 January 2023 and prevent disposal through landfilling due to pollutants in many soft furnishings

Legally binding target is part of UK’s COP15 pledge to slow the decline of biodiversity

The Statutory Instrument laid before Westminster Parliament requires data to be collected by producers from March 2023 latest

Pow previously stepped down from the position in protest against Boris Johnson

The UK exports 60 per cent of the 2.5 million tonnes of plastic packaging it creates

The charity also points to extended methane gas capture as a way to meet the commitments made at COP26 to see a 30 per cent reduction in methane emissions by 2030

The cross-party Committee raises concerns regarding British producers moving carbon-intensive elements of their supply chains abroad

The negotiations, facilitated by the UN’s Environment Programme, will take place in Uruguay at the end of this month