LetsRecycle is reporting that Defra’s head of waste strategy, Daniel Instone, said that there was “no obvious reason” why local authorities couldn’t charge for waste disposal from those groups [e.g. hospitals and prisons]. Regarding the current review, he added: “It will take as long as it takes, but from Defra’s point of view, we’re pushing it forward as fast as we can.”
The article also focusses on the Waste Framework Directive, saying:
Mr Instone…provided..an update on the government’s approach to transposing the revised EU Waste Framework Directive into UK law – a process which is expected to be completed by December 12 2010. He confirmed that the UK’s interpretation of the Directive was that both commingled and source-separated collections would have a place, explaining that: “We have said that both kerbside sort and commingled are acceptable as types of separation.” This comes after the Directive appeared to favour the use of source-separation after 2015. Mr Instone said that two consultations were now planned, one about “broad principles” was due “out soon” and one about “the details” to follow “afterwards”.
