Waste Strategy For England 2007

The Government published on 24^th May 2007 its revised 20-year waste strategy. Rather than re-writing the previous strategy in its entirety, the new strategy document includes proposals which build on those set out in 2000.

Nationally, the most controversial innovations are likely to be the consultation launched simultaneously with the new strategy on removing the current ban preventing local authorities from imposing charges on householders for waste collection, additional to Council Tax.

In this bulletin we examine some of the other new directions forming part of the strategy. We consider first the Government’s key objectives and then examine the impact on the waste management industry, drivers for investment in new infrastructure, and the impacts on business.