Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Household hazardous waste ...

With 15 regulations or directives under discussion, there was intense European Union (EU) activity to regulate and prevent production of waste, but no answer to an important question, said senior ...

Defra has launched a consultation on draft guidance which aims to outline exactly how recent legal rulings and legislation such as the revised Waste Framework Directive relate to the legal definition ...

Guidance for the aggregates sector over how definition of waste legislation will apply to the use of inert wastes has been produced by the Waste and Resources Action Programme. The guidance comes in ...

CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments) has recently come a step closer to finalising its voluntary code of practice on the definition of waste. CL:AIRE – a not-for-profit ...

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled in favour of waste pickers wrongfully labelled as recyclers. The definition of the terms proved critical for the court when ruling on an eviction appeal ...

A recycling depot in Adelaide's north, where several fires have broken out, has gone on trial for allegedly breaching its licence conditions. Adelaide Resource Recovery (ARR) is being prosecuted by ...

The Department of Energy is changing the way it classifies radioactive waste at Hanford and two other cleanup sites, which could change the standards for treating and disposing of some Hanford waste.