Legislating to change behaviour
In the last decades various countries have introduced legislation to incentivise people to reduce the number of carrier bags they use. Countries have either chosen to ban the use or introduce a levy on plastic bags.
On the 1st October 201...
The waste (E&W) regulationsImplementing waste framework directiveThe Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (S. I. 2011/988) came into force on 29 March 2011 with the exception of... |
Nuclear wasteTaking the power out of plutoniumThe UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has just published its long-awaited consultation on options for... |
Ireland takes back wasteIllegally deposited waste is returned homeA multi-million pound project to shift waste from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland begins this month. It is... |
Nuclear statutory corporationNuclear reform arrangements may have unintended consequences.Government is presently consulting on institutional reforms in the nuclear sector, put together... |
New portable batteries obligationsWaste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009You will have new legal obligations if, anywhere in the UK, you sell more than 32kg of... |
Books Find out more
International Environmental Law
Ulrich Beyerlin and Thilo Marauhn, £32.00
Beyerlin and Marauhn succeed in presenting...
Eradicating Ecocide
Polly Higgins, £17.95
“Laws can be employed creatively and constructively, effecting overnight change.”...
