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England and Wales waste law 2024: archived tracker of new and upcoming legislation and consultations on circular economy, plastics and producer responsibility

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This tracker compiles and distils key new and forthcoming legislation and consultations in England and Wales relating to waste, including circular economy initiatives on end of life/waste and plastics, together with the waste producer responsibility regime. It is organised into the following parts:

  • Legislation — highlighting significant upcoming laws of interest to Environment lawyers in England and Wales that take effect from 1 January 2024
  • Consultations — setting out the current status and latest developments for consultations open from 1 January 2024, or launched earlier but still open on 1 January 2024, run by government departments, regulators and other bodies concerning environmental law in England and Wales, as well as consultations by those bodies which closed from 1 January 2024

To follow EU developments in this area, see: EU environment tracker 2024—waste and EU environment tracker 2024—plastics.

Full list of England and Wales environment trackers:

  • England and Wales environment tracker 2024—chemicals and hazardous substances [Archived]
  • England and Wales environment tracker 2024—circular economy and sustainable products [Archived]
  • England...
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