PART 2Waste prevention programmes
Establishment of waste prevention programmes4
1
The appropriate authority must, not later than 12th December 2013—
a
evaluate the usefulness of the waste prevention measures set out as examples in Annex IV of the Waste Framework Directive and any other such measures the authority thinks fit; and
b
establish one or more programmes of waste prevention measures (each a “waste prevention programme”).
2
A programme established before the coming into force of these Regulations may be a waste prevention programme.
3
In this regulation, “waste prevention measures” means measures taken before a substance, material or product has become waste that reduce—
a
the quantity of waste, including through the re-use of products or the extension of the life span of products;
b
the adverse impacts of generated waste on the environment and human health; or
c
the content of harmful substances in materials and products.