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• —10^th July 2008—
  Green products to dominate Britain's shelves.
  

• —8^th July 2008—
  New guidelines for recycling of small-scale construction waste.
  

• —7^th July 2008—
  Plans for huge areas of English wetlands to be restored .
  

Environmental News - Government publishes the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

• The counting and evidencing of whole appliances for reuse - this clarifies the position on creating re-use evidence.
  
• The issuing of evidence of WEEE to the nearest kg - i.e. three decimal points of a tonne. Currently, evidence can only be issued to the nearest tonne, which is creating problems for small collections of WEEE (e.g. Fluorescent tubes etc).
  
• The right for a final holder of WEEE from private households to return it into the system free of charge (FOC)- this gives repair workshops the right to get their WEEE processed FOC.
  
• An extension of the deadline when evidence for the previous compliance period can be issued to the 30^th April - this gives longer for the recycling part of the evidence to be gained for WEEE sent for treatment towards the end of a year.
  
• Secretary of State prescribing the format for distributor records - this just allows BERR to clarify the format that retailers should use for promoting WEEE recycling.