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Recycling and Recovery Targets
Household Waste Targets (defined by the Waste Strategy 2007)
New targets for household waste were defined in the Waste Strategy 2007, strengthening and updating the targets of 2000.
· reduce the amount of household waste not re-used, recycled or composted by 45% by 2020 (reducing from the 22.3 million tonnes in 2000 to 12.2 million tonnes in 2020, with a target of 15.9 million tonnes by 2010).
· recycling and composting of household waste – at least 40% by 2010, 45% by 2015 and 50% by 2020 [higher than the old targets (set in Waste Strategy 2000) of 30% by 2010 and 33% by 2015] They will take England up on a par with its European neighbours.
Landfill Directive Targets
Targets for reducing biodegradable municipal waste have been set by a European Directive and are being delivered through the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme. These are as follows:
· 2010 - reduce to 75% of 1995 level: 13.70 million tonnes
· 2013 – reduce to 50% of 1995 level: 9.13 million tonnes
· 2020 – reduce to 35% of 1995 level: 6.39 million tonnes
Industrial and Commercial Waste Targets
· Defra has not yet set a target because they are “still refining the modelling of the outcome and assessing the best way to measure it”, but they “expect a 20% drop between 2004 and 2010”
Possible Target on Construction and Demolition Waster
· Defra’s Waste Strategy 2007 proposes a target of halving the amount of this waste going landfill by 2012 (possibly against 2005)
Key Links
Defra’s Waste Strategy 2007 targets
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