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Organisations have a clear mandate to apply the waste hierarchy within their operations, but many are failing on this front. Dominic Hogg examines the reasons why I had a bit of a shock the other day.

“Waste hierarchy” is a subjective term — but for Turkey-based denim ingredient brand Isko, its approach to waste is to use less, and use better. That means the company taps into resources through ...

The European Commission has said it will use both carrots and sticks to ensure member states move waste up the waste hierarchy and comply with waste legislation. Speaking at a seminar on moving up the ...

Defra has issued updated guidance on applying the waste hierarchy for businesses in line with the revised EU Waste Framework Directive, which was transposed into UK law earlier this year. The 14-page ...

In July 2014 the European Group of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) organised a workshop on the waste hierarchy hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). This ...

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In December last year the Commission proposed a revision of the waste directive which, while keeping the hierarchy in place, allowed more room for member states to skip down a category for certain ...