Aggregates levy review to consider environmental impact, Treasury says

19 March 2019, by Conor McGlone

A comprehensive review into an environmental tax intended to reduce the extraction of fresh aggregate, such as rock, sand and gravel, will begin in the...

• Drax's 299MW former mine-based power station approved

• Quarry undergoes restoration

• 100,000t coal expansion planned

• Newt licences kick in

Runcorn gets greenlight for 1.1Mt/yr expansion

19 March 2019, by Luke Walsh

The Environment Agency (EA) has awarded an environmental permit to Viridor for expanding the waste processing capacity of the Runcorn energy-from-waste...

• Council set to close recycling banks, citing budget pressures

• Landfill ban could divert £70m from Scotland to England, says OBR

• Serco says 'no' to abuse

• Councils in £150m EfW deal