Legislation will be put forward this week requiring waste handlers to prove they are qualified to transport rubbish - with those granted a new-style permit obliged to display it in their vehicles and on advertising.
The new system is due to be introduced in 2027.
The chief executive of the Environment Agency (EA) Philip Duffy says this is the latest measure amid a growing number of mega-waste sites across the country:
"Waste crime is evolving, but so are we. These reforms give us the tools we need to fight back.
"With stronger powers to revoke permits and issue enforcement notices, we will move faster to shut down rogue operators and protect communities from the damage waste crime causes."
Speaking to Sky News last week, Baroness Sheehan, chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change committee, believes reforms are vital.
"We hope very much that they [EA] will carry out the things that they're doing, particularly making sure that the... reforms are brought in, because at the moment that regime is totally broken, where you can register anyone, even a dead dog, as a carrier," she said.
The government admits the current system for someone to get a waste permit is "broken and outdated", with limited identity and background checks.
The new system will move from a simple registration to a permit-based system, with operators required to actively demonstrate they meet requirements to operate.
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The EA will also have stronger powers to revoke permits and issue enforcement notices - with permit fees covering the cost of increased regulation.
The new measures announced today also include penalties of up to five years in prison for those found guilty of mishandling waste.
Currently, there are no custodial sentences for illegally transporting or dealing in rubbish.
The announcement comes after Sky News revealed last week that three new major waste sites are under investigation by the EA in Kent, Nottinghamshire and Berkshire, totally 120-thousand tonnes.
In total, the EA says there are 537 active illegal waste sites across England.
The Wolverhampton-born 31-year-old, who dreamed of being a Formula 1 driver until he turned to golf as a boy, was three shots behind and approaching the turn at Aronimink Golf Club when he delivered a stunning performance.
Aaron Rai secures maiden major in PGA Championship thriller - follow live
He made a 40-foot eagle putt at the par-5 ninth hole to cap an uneven first nine, then pulled away with four birdies on the back and converted a remarkable 68 1/2-foot birdie at the par-3 17th to remove any doubt.
His 5-under-par 65 put him 9-under 271 and three strokes ahead of Jon Rahm of Spain and Alex Smalley.
After being presented with the Wanamaker Trophy and landing the $3.69m (£2.76m) prize, Rai described the moment as "very surreal".
"It's been a bit of a frustrating season so to be standing here is definitely outside of my wildest imagination," he said.
"I think it is really good consistency over the last few weeks with practice. My body feels great and I have really enjoyed the course this week.
"It is phenomenal to be stood here."
Commenting on Rai's victory, Sky Sports Golf's David Howell said: "Aaron turned up at this wonderful course, played to his strengths and kept it on the straight and narrow.
"He ignored everyone else who was bombing it down there with driver. They did it with power and distance. He did it with accuracy.
"He putted brilliantly and his iron play was superb. Basically faultless."
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Rai, the world number 44, is the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in 1919 and is the first player of Indian heritage to win a major.
His triumph, which comes a month after Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy retained his Masters title, marks the first time in the era of the four current major championships that the season's first two majors have been won by Europeans.
Upon arrival, the group will be transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, Merseyside, where they will be closely monitored.
The agency said it is working closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and UK Overseas Territories to oversee the care of the patients as they complete their self-isolation in the UK.
Dr Meera Chand, deputy director at the UKHSA, said: "UKHSA will continue to work with our partners locally, nationally and internationally to ensure everyone has the necessary support in place.
"We are undertaking safe repatriation of those affected by the outbreak where appropriate, incorporating medical checks and support, with the latest flight arriving tonight.
"We are committed to keeping these passengers and the wider population safe and will remain in close contact with them as they complete their self-isolation period."
On Saturday, one person left the Wirral hospital to complete their 45-day isolation period at home, after a clinical and public health assessment deemed this safe, the UKHSA said.
A further six people returned home from the hospital to continue their self-isolation on Thursday.
The UKHSA update on expected arrivals comes a day after a medic from Ascension Island was taken to the High Consequence Infectious Diseases unit in Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London.
The medic was brought to the UK for a "specialist assessment" after developing symptoms, with the UKHSA describing it as a "highly precautionary measure".
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Three people - a Dutch couple and a German national - have died since the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise ship that departed Argentina on a polar expedition on 1 April.
Hantaviruses are a group of viruses usually spread by rodents, but in rare cases can be transmitted person to person. Health authorities have said the risk of the virus spreading is low.
On Friday, World Health Organisation official Maria Van Kerkhove said the US confirmed that a person who had an inconclusive test was later shown to be negative for hantavirus, bringing the total global cases number down to 10 from 11.
But on Sunday, Canada's national health agency confirmed that one of four Canadians who returned home from the cruise ship has tested positive for the virus.
The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the positive test a day after the public health officer for the province of British Columbia said the person had received a "presumptive positive", but further testing would be carried out.
A second person who was a travelling partner of the confirmed case was confirmed negative, the statement added. Both people, a couple in their 70s, are in a hospital in Victoria.
The four Canadian cruise passengers returned to British Columbia last Sunday and are all in isolation.
Shipowner Oceanwide Expeditions has said that the MV Hondius is expected to arrive at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Monday, adding that the remaining 25 crew members, as well as two medical staff, will follow quarantine procedures set by Dutch authorities upon arrival.
Crew, passengers and people in contact have been quarantined in several European countries.
Meanwhile, the UKHSA announced on Friday that its Rapid Support Team has deployed a fully functioning mobile laboratory to St Helena, a UK overseas territory of which Ascension Island is a part, after the nation's government asked for help.
The UKHSA and Foreign Office have been contacted for comment.
Justice Secretary David Lammy, who is spearheading the reform, hopes to prevent children from starting a life of crime through a series of changes in the new Youth Justice White Paper published on Monday.
Ministers plan to strengthen parenting orders, which currently allow parents and guardians to be compelled to address their children's behaviour through counselling and guidance, or to face fines.
The Ministry of Justice said the use of such orders has declined dramatically over the last two decades, from more than a thousand in 2009/10, to just 33 in 2022/23.
The desire to strengthen parenting orders comes in the wake of the inquiry into the Southport stabbings, and could result in jail time for parents whose children break the law, according to The Telegraph.
As part of the justice shake-up, Mr Lammy also plans to pilot new youth intervention courts, which will bring judges and support services together to tackle issues that are drawing young people into crime.
The courts will also supervise young offenders and give them tailored health and education interventions to help them avoid a life of crime.
"Too many young people are being drawn into crime, with devastating consequences for victims, communities and their own futures," Mr Lammy said.
"These reforms lay the foundation to intervene far earlier, support families, and tackle the drivers of offending so fewer young people become trapped in cycles of crime, creating safer streets and fewer victims."
Mr Lammy further plans to launch a consultation on childhood criminal records, which could lead to the end of people having to disclose criminal convictions from when they were children throughout their lives.
The Youth Justice White Paper also includes proposals to invest £15.4m per year in a programme which will help 12,00 children at risk of entering the youth justice system over the next three years.
Justice minister Jake Richards said: "Put simply, the youth justice system is not working - not for children, victims and communities blighted by crime.
"These reforms will modernise the system, keep pace with emerging risks and ensure young offenders get the support they need to turn their lives around, while improving public safety."
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Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza added that education was "central" to reforming the justice system.
"It is the most powerful tool we have to prevent offending in the first place, and it remains vital for those in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) who have already fallen through the cracks," she said.
Dame Rachel said she has been asked to undertake a review of the education children in YOIs receive, to improve outcomes and "give these children a better chance for the future".
The 10-day event, spanning 10 countries, is designed to test responses to attempts by an unnamed enemy - most likely Russia - to infiltrate NATO territory and launch sabotage, cyber and other attacks under the threshold of all-out war.
The significant US contribution to the exercise underlines the important role played by Washington in defending European territory and demonstrates how exposed the alliance would be if Mr Trump - as threatened - shrank troop numbers on the continent even further.
Sky News watched on Saturday evening as US service personnel pushed two rigid inflatable boats, stacked together and attached to a double parachute, out of the back of an American military transport aircraft off the coast of Greece.
The drop was followed by two waves of American and Greek special forces - 15 personnel in total - parachuting out of the same C-130 plane.
They descended to the water, detached themselves from their canopies, retrieved the boats, inflated them and sped to shore.
In the scenario, the troops, fitted with night vision goggles and body armour, were then tasked with stealthily accessing a naval site where around 10 suspected enemy forces, including a "high value target" had established a small base to conduct disruptive operations.
The job of the allies, using drones and other weapons systems, was to attack the base and kill or capture the target.
Speaking anonymously for security reasons, a Greek special forces soldier, who participated in the parachute jump, said this kind of exercise was "helpful" training to prepare troops for very real threats.
As for what it was like to work alongside his American counterparts, he said it was "just like working with any other people. I feel very close to them".
Asked, however, if he thought he would be able to conduct this kind of mission without the US, he said: "Yes of course."
The maritime simulation is among many different training serials that are playing out on land, sea and in the air, spanning the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea as part of the special forces exercise, which is called Trojan Footprint 2026.
It began on 11 May and takes place every two years.
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Soldiers from Britain's Ranger Regiment - classed as special operations forces, though not as elite as the Tier 1 SAS or SBS - are among those taking part, though they were not involved in the parachute jump in Greece.
Not all of the participating countries are members of NATO. Troops from partner countries, including Switzerland and Georgia, are also involved.
The special forces exercise is unfolding as concern among European allies grows about Mr Trump's commitment to defending Europe after repeatedly berating NATO.
The Pentagon has already cancelled a plan to send 4,000 soldiers to Poland on a temporary rotation that would have also included other countries such as the Baltic states and Romania.
A smaller deployment to Germany has also been scrapped. The moves come after the Trump administration said it would withdraw 5,000 US forces from Germany over the next 12 months.