The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 No. 988

PART 2 U.K. Waste prevention programmes

Establishment of waste prevention programmes U.K.

4.—(1) The appropriate authority must F1 ... —

(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.

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 4(1) omitted (1.10.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(3)(a)

F2 Reg. 4(3) omitted (1.10.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(3)(b)

Purposes etc. of waste prevention programmes U.K.

5.  The appropriate authority must ensure that a waste prevention programme—

(a) is compatible with the objectives in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1;

[F3 (aa) includes one or more programmes of food waste prevention measures;]

(b) has as its purpose a contribution towards breaking the link between economic growth and the environmental impacts associated with the generation of waste;

(c) is expressed in writing and—

(i) sets out the objectives of the programme and a description of existing waste prevention measures [F4 and their contribution to waste prevention]; F5 ...

(ii) if it is integrated into a waste management plan or other programme, clearly identifies the programme's waste prevention measures;

[F6 (iii) sets out at least the waste prevention measures listed in Schedule 1, Part 5; and

(iv) where relevant, describes the contribution of instruments listed in Schedule 1, Part 6 to waste prevention.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 5(aa) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(a)

F4 Words in reg. 5(c)(i) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(b)(i)

F5 Word in reg. 5(c) omitted (1.10.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(b)(ii)

F6 Reg. 5(c)(iii)(iv) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(b)(iii)

Monitoring and evaluation of waste prevention programmes U.K.

[F7 6.— (1) An appropriate authority must establish appropriate qualitative and quantitative indicators and targets, such as on the quantity of waste that is generated, against which to monitor and assess the implementation of the waste prevention measures.

(2) An appropriate authority must publish the indicators and targets it establishes.]

Textual Amendments

F7 Reg. 6(1)(2) substituted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(5)