{"id":14458,"date":"2019-03-13T18:06:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/hse\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2022-07-07T05:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T03:42:24","slug":"government-launches-number-consultations-regarding-waste-future-regulatory-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/government-launches-number-consultations-regarding-waste-future-regulatory-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Government Launches Number of Consultations Regarding Waste and the Future of the Regulatory Environment –"},"content":{"rendered":"The UK Government has stated that intends to overhaul the countries waste system, including the regulatory environment that governs waste itself, as well applying new charges for producers of packaging and plastics. The overall aim is to move the UK to a circular economy where waste is treated as a resource that is of economic value, whilst maximising environmental treatments to improve the sustainability across all sectors.\n\nOver the past few decades, the majority of the UKs environment legislation has been as a result of membership to the European Union. Waste is no exception to this, EU legislation is transposed into domestic law, where targets are such (e.g. recycling rates) and other end-of-life treatments are banned (e.g. mixing of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes). With the UK having voted to leave the EU, there has been concern as to how Government will fill this void of providing legislation that is both forward thinking in regards to sustainability and also being effectively implemented.\n\nThe Government is in the process of publishing strategies as to how it aims to counter these changes, where it is up to Government alone to set its own frameworks, targets and processes. Phrases such as a \u2018Green Brexit\u2019 have been championed, where Government will not let leaving the European Union come at a detriment to the environment. This will include the following commitments:\n