Waste Minimisation

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Waste Minimisation

• Targets needed key issue
• Influence of Strategy marginal dont exaggerate
• Assembly/Strategy have strong advocacy role

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Recovery Targets Options

• Preferred option favoured need to aim high,
  but
• Is this achievable?
• Is it affordable?

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Recycling Targets

• Over ambitious especially in short term
• Should be accepted but lack of control will
  hinder achievement?
• Lack of control over CD and CI is a problem
• Recovery targets more useful than recycling
  targets in regional strategy

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Energy from Waste

• Energy from waste should be in the mix
• How much emphasis?
• Emphasis on new technologies OK
• Problem with EU definitions hierarchy?

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Planning Guidance

• More prescriptive guidance to WPAs on amount of
  waste/capacity
• Detail provision is a matter for local plans
• More detail needed on hazardous waste regional
  facilities
• Mass balance/life cycle analysis as part of
  decision making

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Implementation

• Education awareness promote vigorously
• Effective monitoring good data
• Effective translation into local plans
• More on targets/indicators/criteria
• More legislative fiscal carrots sticks
• Communication

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