About Paul Collins

Paul Collins | Ashfords

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Budget 2024 - Focus on: green taxes and reliefs

In the Budget, the government continued its drive for greener growth, including announcements to increase energy efficient buildings from 2025 onwards, boost electric vehicle adoption and advance cleaner sources of energy generation.

Paul Collins

Nov 01, 2024

A new climate change agreements scheme

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published the government response to its 2023 consultation on its proposals for a new six-year climate change agreements (CCA) scheme to follow the existing scheme from 2025.

Paul Collins

Oct 17, 2024

AI and the environment: its application in improving environmental performance and use in environmental regulation

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Equipment, technology & technical advances

AI and the environment: its application in improving environmental performance and use in environmental regulation

Paul Collins

Jun 20, 2024

Requesting environmental information from the Environment Agency – be careful what you ask for!

A recent decision of the Information Commissioner is an important reminder of the need to be careful that a request for information is not refused because it is ‘manifestly unreasonable’ under the Environmental Information Regulations.

Paul Collins

Aug 07, 2024

Environment Agency consults on changes to its regulatory appeal process: what do businesses need to know?

The Environment Agency is consulting on proposed changes to its regulatory appeals process. The proposals follow the agency’s commitment to undertake a review of its regulatory complaints and appeals procedure following a recent High Court decision.

Paul Collins

Aug 02, 2024

The Climate Change Committee announces the UK’s progress towards net zero

On 18 July 2024, the Climate Change Committee published its statutory 2024 Progress Report to Government, providing a comprehensive overview of the government’s progress to date in reducing carbon emissions.

Paul Collins

Jul 31, 2024

EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 came into force on 1 January 2025 and introduce new legal obligations for packaging producers under the extended producer responsibility regime for packaging in the UK (referred to as pEPR).

Paul Collins

Jan 15, 2025

Environmental whistleblowing – is your business prepared?

This article explains the protection for whistleblowers under the Employment Rights Act and points out a new reporting portal and toolkit. We also highlight employment tribunal cases relating to environmental whistleblowing and advise on the steps that businesses can take to protect themselves.

Paul Collins

Aug 28, 2024

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Comment on AI and the environment: its application in improving environmental performance and use in environmental regulation

Paul Collins

Jul 23, 2024

Replying to Peter Kalenuk

Quite interesting is the use of AI in everyday technological solutions in the industry, especially in the automation of EfV equipment. We, for example, use AI elements to control the temperature circuit of the gasification reactor, thereby increasing the efficiency of the process and providing cleaner gas, significantly reducing problems with tar removal.

Thank you for your comments, Peter. I'm always keen to hear how AI is shaping/helping the sector.

Comment on Consultation opens on ETS inclusion of EfW

Paul Collins

Jun 21, 2024

The consultation has now been extend till Friday 2 August 2024.