Forum Brief: Fridges
Policy Consultation 21 February 2002
Environment minister, Michael Meacher, has been accused of misleading parliament when he told MPs that the European Commission was to blame for the thousands of fridges piling up across Britain.
Forum Brief: Environmental tax report
Policy Consultation 12 February 2002
A committee of MPs has criticised chancellor Gordon Brown for failing to provide an environment tax agenda, despite a 1997 manifesto pledge.
Ministers to be quizzed over fridge freeze
Press Review 8 February 2002
Meacher clashes with EC over 'fridge mountain'
Press Review 4 February 2002
Government attacked over EU electrical goods ruling
Press Review 29 January 2002
Government criticised over EU car disposal law
Press Review 28 January 2002
Forum Brief: Toxic waste dumps
Policy Consultation 25 January 2002
A study of 23 sites in Britain, Denmark, France, Belgium and Italy by EU researchers has found that the chances of having a baby with downs syndrome increase by 40
Birth defects increase near toxic dumps, says EU
Press Review 25 January 2002
Old fridge guidelines published
Press Review 5 December 2001
Beckett holds waste summit
Press Review 22 November 2001
Forum Brief: Waste summit
Policy Consultation 21 November 2001
Margaret Beckett has convened a summit to examine how Britain's poor record on recycling waste can be improved.
Beckett convenes waste summit
News Article 21 November 2001
Margaret Beckett has convened a summit to examine how Britain's poor record on recycling waste can be improved.
Abandoned cars to be moved within a day
Press Review 1 November 2001
Radioactive waste policies causing confusion, say experts
News Article 31 October 2001
Current policies on the management of radioactive materials are uncertain, ineffective and inconsistent according to the government's independent advisor on nuclear waste.
Byers tackles abandoned cars
News Article 31 October 2001
Transport minister Stephen Byers has set out how the government intends to tackle the growing problem of cars being abandoned on Britain's streets.
