549.Under section 49(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 waste collection authorities are under a duty to send draft waste recycling plans to the Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling him to determine whether the requirements set out in section 49(3) of the 1990 Act have been complied with. section 361 provides that for waste collection authorities in Greater London the plans should be sent to the Mayor, and it is the Mayor who determines whether the requirements have been complied with.
550.Section 49(3) of the 1990 Act provides that the plans should include information on the following:
the kinds and quantities of controlled waste which the authority expects to collect,
the kinds and quantities of controlled waste which the authority expects to purchase,
the kinds and quantities of controlled waste which the authority expects to deal with for recycling purposes,
the arrangements which the authority expects to make with waste disposal contractors,
the plant and equipment which the authority expects to provide,
the estimated costs or savings attributable to the methods of dealing with the waste in the ways provided for in the plan.