Wednesday 10 January: English sparkling wine
Today on the blog, coverage that English sparkling wine enjoyed a sales boost at the end of December.
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Tuesday 9 January: Microbeads
Today on the blog, coverage of Defra's announcement that the ban on manufacture of products containing microbeads has now come into effect.
Monday 8 January: Northern Forest, waste, flood prevention, circus animals and rainfall
Today on the blog, coverage of the Prime Minister's announcement on funding for the new ‘Northern Forest’, a written ministerial statement on government action on waste imports, as well as discussion on banning circus animals and finally, a look at flood prevention.
Friday 5 January: China waste - myth busting and coffee cup waste
On today's blog we myth bust China's ban on waste exports and talk about the coffee cup charge.
Thursday 4 January: Oxford Farming Conference
On today's blog we take a look at some of the highlights and key announcements from the Oxford Farming Conference
Tuesday 2 January: Woodland Creation Grant, Discard Ban and Ivory consultation
On today's blog we look at the Woodland Creation Fund which is now open for applications, explain the next stage of the Discard Ban and welcome the 30,000 responses to our consultation on banning ivory sales.
Friday 22 December: Pet welfare, Food Waste, Plastic waste report and the Environment Secretary's Devon Visit
On today's blog, we look at Pet welfare codes, Food Waste, Plastic waste report and the Environment Secretary's Devon Visit
Thursday 21 December: Environment Secretary opens new defence scheme in Dawlish Warren
On today's blog we highlight the Environment Secretary's visit to Devon to open a new flood defence scheme.
Wednesday 20 December: Microbeads ban signed into legislation
On today's blog we highlight the recent ban of microbeads.
Tuesday 19 December: Microbeads, plastic waste and fish restocking
On the blog today, we highlight the recent debate in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords on banning Microbeads , look a the Environment Secretary’s plans to reduce plastic waste and finally we take a peek at the the festive cheer the EA have been spreading across the England's waterways.