Industrial Emissions Directive application success

Wiser Environment has received a 100% ‘duly made’ success rate on IED applications made for the September deadline. The Environment Agency (EA) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are currently implementing the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) through the amendment...

DCLG publishes new National Planning Policy for Waste

The new National Planning Policy for Waste has been published by the Department for Communities and Local Government replacing Planning Policy Statement 10 (PPS10). This document sets out detailed waste planning policies and is to be read in conjunction with the...

New forms for 2015 AATF / AE Submissions

As you may be aware, not least from previous Wiser Environment news stories, the Environment Agency have changed the forms that are required to apply for Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities (AATF) and Approved Exporters (AE) status for the 2015 compliance period....

EA briefing on crop residues used in anaerobic digestion

The Environment Agency (EA) has clarified the position with respect to crop residues and has set out the circumstance under which they can be considered a ‘by-product’. If the residue is a by-product it falls outside the scope of the Waste Framework Directive and...

EA issues revised briefing on regulation of wood

The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a revised briefing on the regulation of wood to highlight that the 2010 Position on the Environmental Regulation of Wood has been replaced. What has replaced it is not explicitly set out but it is assumed that the briefing, which...

PRSD delay impacts on 2015 AATF and AE submissions

The proposed use of an online submission for Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities (AATF) and Approved Exporters (AE) for the 2015 compliance period has been delayed by the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales because “a number of challenges emerged that...