The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
has consulted on a revised Waste Management Plan for England
("the Plan"). The consultation, which ended on 20
October, forms part of the requirements stipulated in the Waste
(England and Wales) Regulations 2011 ("the Waste
Regulations") to revise the Plan every six years (and will
replace the previous Waste Management Plan from 2013).
The Plan reviews the current waste management situation in
England. It considers the quantity of waste that there is in
England and how it should be managed. The Plan reflects the
policies included in the Government's Resources and Waste
Strategy, published in 2018, and will sit alongside the Waste
Prevention Programme for England, which sets out the roles and
actions for government and others to reduce waste arising and
increase resource efficiency.
