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Welcome to Waste Matters, an online forum where you can share information and advice, debate waste practices and enforcement issues and find out how to get the most out of your waste. The service is provided as part of the Business Resource Efficiency & Waste Programme (BREW).
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PRE-TREATMENT REGULATIONS

All your business needs to know about complying with the new regulations.


EXCHANGE

Share information, advice and experience on all aspects of waste enforcement with colleagues from local authorities around the country.

Collecting recycling from flats: help at hand for the first time: As part of its activity during Recycle Week, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) today launches new guidance to help local authorities select the most appropriate recycling collection for flats. This is the first comprehensive guide of its kind and covers all aspects of collecting recycling and food waste from flats.

Calling all Battery Producers!: Battery producers and retailers are to become responsible for battery recycling as new rules came into force yesterday. If you produce more than one tonne of portable batteries per year you have to join an approved ‘compliance scheme’ that will manage collection and recycling. For more details on what to do as a battery producer, see the new NetRegs batteries legislation guidance.

Taking fingerprints after conviction for recordable offence: Taking fingerprints/photograph of person(s) convicted of a recordable offence.

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