LARAC -

Waste policy determined by DEFRA.

UK Government has primary legislation powers (for England and Wales).

DEFRA have responsibility for producing a waste strategy for England. The current waste strategy for England is Waste Strategy 2007, which was launched in March 2007.

Mixture of Counties, Districts and Unitary Authorities. The authorities are represented in England by the Local Government Association.

Regional Assemblies are advised by Regional Technical Advisory Bodies and produce Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs) that include policies that are the bases for Regional Waste Strategies. These will eventually be incorporated into comprehensive regional strategies. Waste Planning Policy is as defined in PPS10. Some regions are now developing trial Regional Waste Boards.

DEFRA Guidance. Power in WET Act to require some authorities to produce MWMSs. Guidance published on MWMSs in July 2005.

Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (England) Regulations brought into force on 1st April 2005. There is trading of allowances. Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) in England is 68%. Penalties for exceeding allowances are £150 per tonne of biodegradable municipal waste in excess of allowances held.

The Act requires local authorities in England to collect separately at least two separate recyclable fractions of household waste by 2010. Guidance document published in April 2005.

National targets for household waste set in Waste Strategy 2007:

to recycle or compost at least 40% and recover value from 53% of household waste by 2010;
to recycle or compost at least 45% and recover value from 67% of household waste by 2015;
to recycle or compost at least 50% and recover value from 75% of household waste by 2020;
to reduce household waste not re-used, recycled or composted to 320kg/person/year by 2010 and to 225kg/person/year by 2020 (or equivalent weights/household).

Targets are currently under review.

Targets for municipal waste set in Waste Strategy 2007:

to recover value from 53% of municipal waste by 2010;

to recover value from 67% of municipal waste by 2015;

to recover value from 75% of municipal waste by 2020.

No targets.

No targets.

Waste Performance and Effeciency Grant (WPEG) allocated to all authorities. Total sums of £105m in 2006/07 and £110m in 2007/08.

Best Value.

New statutory performance framework introduced April 2008 includes three municipal waste management indicators

NI191 Residual Household waste per Household

NI192 % of household waste reused, recycled and composted

NI193 % of MUNICIPAL waste sent to landfill

and two new climate change indicators.
NI185 CO2 reduction from Local Authority Operations

NI186 Per capita reductions in CO2 emissions from LA area

Local Area Agreements (LAAs) must include 35 from the national set (not necessarily to include waste management indicators). Re-use can count towards recycling PIs where there is a ‘formal’ arrangement in place.

The WasteDataFlow system is used to collect all statutory returns including lATS returns including those required for the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme.

The Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) and other benchmarking clubs exist.

Paid between WDAs and WCAs. Flexibility arrangements implemented in the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. Presumption in favour of paying discretionary credits to charities under certain circumstances.

WRAP running RecycleNow! waste awareness campaign in England.

The Business Resource Efficiency in Waste Fund was established to return to business £284 million of money raised over the period 2005 - 2008 through the landfill tax escalator. Some of this was available via NISP and Oxfordshire CC scheme to local authorities increasing recycling services to SMEs.  From 2010/11 these work streams have been incorporated into WRAP as the single delivery body.  

A successor to the BREW fund has yet to be announced.  Further landfill tax revenues are added to the EPCS Block (Government) grant to local authorities.

WRAP running ROTATE. Other support from WIP. Regional Funding is paid by Local Authority Support Unit (LASU) to promote regional projects helping local authorities increase recycling and reduce waste.

WRAP operate the Love Food Hate Waste Initiative aimed at reducing food waste.

WRAP’s market development programmes, including food waste, C&D Waste, and business resource efficiency .

The community waste & recycling sector is represented by the Community Recycling Network, CRN UK which operates through REalliance as CRN UK, London CRN, CCN and FRN.  the weblink is:  http://www.realliance.org.uk