ChemRegs Newsletter – November 2019 Basel Ban Amendment Becomes International Law Awakening environmental awareness, and corresponding tightening of environmental regulations in the industrialised world in the 1970s and 1980s, led to increasing public resistance to the disposal of hazardous wastes. What became known as the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) syndrome led to an escalation of disposal costs for … Read More

ChemRegs Newsletter – October 2019 New Environmental Bill Last week, (15 October), the UK government introduced a new Bill designed to tackle environmental priorities after Brexit. The bill refers only to England, but many of its measures are designed to apply across the UK. The Environment Bill (“the Bill”) is made up of two halves: The first provides a legal framework … Read More