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  • Latest version of illustrative base fees for year 1 of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.

  • Implementation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994.

  • Data received from fixed and mobile monitors measuring the ambient (background) gamma radiation dose rate across the UK.

  • Reports for the amount of EEE placed on the market and WEEE collected in the UK under the WEEE Regulations.

  • Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics annual report 2023/24

  • Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.

  • Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report - Apr-Jun 2024

  • A team of experts conducted a follow up review of the UK’s framework for nuclear and radiological safety, on behalf of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

  • A review of progress on the delivery of the recommendations made in the 2022 Post Implementation Review of the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

  • Figures compiled on the total waste generated for the whole of the UK.

  • A summary of the data on single-use plastic carrier bags in England.

  • This publication reports on the number of carrier bags dispensed in the 2023/24 financial year under the Carrier Bag Levy in Northern Ireland.

  • Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) statistics including registered population, tonnages of declared plastic packaging and receipts data.

  • Quality report for statistics related to Annual Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT)

  • Illustrative base fees for year 1 of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging published in August 2024.

  • Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report - Jan-Mar 2024

  • We commission scientific research and development, worth several million pounds a year, to support waste management.

  • This publication reports on a range of environmental indicators for Northern Ireland and provides links to government strategies.

  • Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report - Oct-Dec 2023

  • Research into industrial resource efficiency: minimising new resource use and maximising recycled, reused, remanufactured and low carbon materials to decarbonise industry.