Defra

The four UK governments have opened a six-week consultation on reforms to the packaging recycling note system, proposing new powers to cancel fraudulent PRNs and mandatory registration for brokers.

Regulatory reform for carriers, brokers and permit exemption holders sits alongside new enforcement powers and government-funded clearance of the worst illegal sites.

RECOUP's latest survey finds 78 per cent of English councils not yet collecting plastic film at kerbside intend to start by the Simpler Recycling deadline, but almost half are targeting the final day itself and end market confidence is low.

Defra plans to extend powers under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act to Environment Agency officers, while fly-tippers could face driving licence penalty points under a new waste crime action plan.