Originally published in March 2009
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced last week that all
of the Government's programmes for waste and resource
efficiency are to be amalgamated into the Waste Resources Action
Programme (WRAP).
The move follows the recommendations of a Review carried out by
Defra. It is hoped that the provision of a single point of contact
will lead to improved clarity for businesses and households and
save costs.
The organisations which will come under WRAP are:
- The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NSIP)
- Business Resource Efficiency and Waste (BREW)
- The Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse
- Action Sustainability
- Construction Resources and Waste Platform
- Envirowise
It remains to be seen whether this amalgamation will help to clarify the increasingly fraught issue of when waste ceases to be waste. This remains an area ripe for litigation and on which WRAP protocol preparation is behind the curve. However, as we reported in an earlier e-Bulletin there has been some progress on this issue at the European level and this is continuing. DMH Stallard LLP continue to provide advice for their clients in this specialist area
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