Let’s not waste the next four years – CIWM Report
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Let’s not waste the next four years – CIWM Report

 

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has launched a report with 10 recommendations for the sector and the UK Government to capitalise on the drive to net zero and a circular economy.

The report is based on an independent review commissioned by CIWM’s Policy & Innovation Forum, looking at the UK’s policy landscape from a waste and resources viewpoint. The Summary Report Let’s Not Waste the Next Four Years is available HERE.

While the report covers the wider waste sector, its principles are central to all forms of effective waste and resource management, including those within EBNet’s remit. The key recommendations are:

  1. The Circular Economy must become central to Government thinking, since there is clear evidence that it directly supports its Plan for Change.
  2. Cross-Government policy integration must be strengthened across the resources and waste, energy, industrial strategy and net zero spheres.
  3. Skills England should broaden its focus to incentivise green skills initiatives and deliver more jobs.
  4. Improved resource resilience should remain a focus for Government with clear long-term advantages in the context of global political and economic instability.
  5. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) should be applied for additional waste streams, including WEEE, batteries, textiles and mattresses.
  6. Reuse and repair needs further, and specific, policy support including the establishment of clear targets and responsibilities throughout the supply chain.
  7. Dan Corry’s Review of Defra’s Regulatory Landscape provides an opportunity for the resources and waste sector to work with regulators for improved outcomes.
  8. The increased cost of Energy from Waste (EfW), arising from bringing it into the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, must be reflected in packaging EPR fees to fully apply the polluter pays principle.
  9. The Resources & Waste Strategy 2018 reforms need to be fully implemented to ensure improved economic, social and environmental outcomes.
  10. Tackling waste crime needs more focus and additional resources as waste crime at all levels continues to be a ÂŁ1 billion drag on the UK economy.

For more information on the report see HERE, and for this and other recent CIWM reports see HERE.