Renewables, Waste and the Environment eBulletin - July 2010

 

   
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In this issue:
• Empowering Local Authorities
• Householder fines abolished but new fines on business proposed
• Defra Consults on revised WFD



Tel 0207 8221630

michael.krantz
@dmhstallard.com
 

Our specialist renewables, waste and the environment team, including lawyers and planning consultants, provides a complete range of services for the waste and renewable resources industry. 

In this edition, we will look at some of the issues which might affect your business including the selling of electricity by local authorities, the government's proposal regarding new fines on waste management companies and the revised EU Waste Framework Directive.

I hope you find this eBulletin useful and interesting.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions about any other information that you would like to see in the eBulletin or any other way in which we can improve it.

Yours sincerely

Michael Krantz
Partner
DMH Stallard
Tel 020 7822 1630
Michael.Krantz@dmhstallard 

Find out more about our  specialist Renewables, Waste and the Environment Team.


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Empowering Local Authorities

The Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, announced recently that he is to press ahead with plans to lift the restriction on local authorities selling their own electricity, an idea introduced by the outgoing Labour Government earlier this year. It is thought the...

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Householder fines abolished but new fines on business proposed

Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, announced last week that the proposed Decentralisation and Localism Bill will remove local authority powers to trial ‘pay-as-you-throw’ tax schemes. These powers, given to local...

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Defra Consults on revised WFD

Earlier this month, Defra began consulting on the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2010. These Regulations bring the revised EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD) into effect and should be in force by December of this year. Much of...

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