Environment Agency starts sampling Devon and Cornwall's beaches - Water Magazine

Environment Agency consults on new Simpler Recycling charge

The Environment Agency is consulting on introducing a £118 hourly charge for businesses that do not comply with Simpler Recycling legislation. The charge will only apply to businesses or occupiers of relevant non-domestic premises who do not comply with the rules of simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England. The Environment Agency says the hourly charge will help to recover the costs of enforcing the legislation from non-compliant busine…

Environment Agency starts sampling Devon and Cornwall's beaches - Water Magazine

Environment Agency sampling of Devon and Cornwall’s 155 monitored beaches has now started and will run through until the end of September. A beach or river on England’s list of designated bathing waters means water quality is routinely tested. Water samples will be taken at consistent points at these locations and sent to the lab for testing. Scientists will look for elevated levels of E. Coli and intestinal enterococci – bad bacteria found in s…