by westoncompliance | Mar 19, 2026 | Consultation, Defra, Environment, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, Pollution, Regulatory Process, UK
The Defra POPs Consultation 2026 seeks views on proposed updates to Persistent Organic Pollutants regulations, mainly to reflect new substances added under the Stockholm Convention and to consider further policy changes.It focuses on how these chemicals should be...
by westoncompliance | Mar 12, 2026 | Defra, Environment, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, UK
Defra has updated the guidance on information relating to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by adding links to POPs research published on Defra Science Search, in the ‘Reports, research and evidence’ section.Two new calls for comments under ‘Live...
by westoncompliance | Jul 10, 2025 | Fire fighting systems, protection, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, SEPA, UK
SEPA has issued an update stating all uses of any firefighting foam that contains PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid, its salts and PFOA-related compounds) must cease before 4 July 2025. All previous exemptions of their use referred to in this guidance ends too.As there is...
by westoncompliance | Jul 8, 2025 | Defra, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, UK
Defra and the Environment Agency have added links to publications ‘Calculate the concentration of PCDDs and PCDFs in waste’ and ‘Environmental risk evaluation reports: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)’.Read more…Source: Defra,...
by westoncompliance | May 21, 2025 | Chemicals, Environment, HMSO, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, Pollution, UK
These regulations make amendments to remove the entries concerning Dechlorane Plus and UV-328.Read more…Source: HMSO.
by westoncompliance | Apr 18, 2025 | Environment, Environment Agency, Fire fighting systems, protection, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the ‘PFOA’ part of the ‘Specific exceptions to the ban on POPs’ section.The exemption for the use of PFOA, its salts, and related compounds in certain fire suppression installations will end on 4...
by westoncompliance | Apr 2, 2025 | Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has made a number of updates to this guidance page.These updates include:Updated the concentration limit tableUpdated the value for ‘Total of tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and deca- bromodiphenyl ether’Added a row for...
by westoncompliance | Mar 12, 2025 | HMSO, Persistent organic pollutants, UK
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1) and 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (“the POPs Regulation”).The...
by westoncompliance | Dec 19, 2024 | Environment Agency, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated its form relating to the notification of stockpiles of material containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).The reference to the retained EU POPs Regulation in the guidance has been updated, as this has been amended since 31...
by westoncompliance | Aug 8, 2024 | Defra, Environment, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, Policy, UK
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published this paper which outlines the criteria for substances being listed as persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention, the UK’s obligations under the convention, and the...
by westoncompliance | May 14, 2024 | Consultation, Health and Safety, Persistent organic pollutants, Pollution, REACH, UK
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the UK government’s response to the consultation on potential amendments to the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation which was held from 2 March to 27 April 2023.There is...
by westoncompliance | May 7, 2024 | Chemicals, Defra, Environment, Onshore, Persistent organic pollutants, Policy, Risk Assessment, UK
Defra has closed its call for comments on this policy paper. Comments were invited for an eight-week period between Friday 8 March to Friday 3 May 2024.Read more…Source: Defra.
