Government departments have been given a target of recovering a minimum of 40 per cent of total office waste within two years.
Launching the first Annual Report of ‘Green Ministers’, Environment Minister and chair of the group, Michael Meacher outlined the way in which he and his colleagues are working across Government, and in their own departments. A ‘Green Minister’ has been appointed in each of the main central Government departments. 

The Better Regulation Task Force says that small firms are disadvantaged compared to larger businesses when complying with Government regulation.
Their interim report on Small Firms and Regulation suggests there is evidence that firms are deliberately restricting growth in order to stay below the threshold at which regulations apply.
Task Force Chairman Lord Haskins said: “Our research suggests that regulations bite at a particularly crucial stage of a firm’s growth.