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CL-01-12 Planning and Waste - Interim Planning Position

Guidance to help planners following the publication of the Waste Collections, Infrastructure and Markets Sector Plan.



In June 2010 we launched Towards Zero Waste. This is our waste overarching strategy document, which outlines our plans to be recycling 70 per cent of our waste by 2025 and be a zero waste one planet nation by 2050.

Towards Zero Waste partially replaces our 2002 strategy Wise About Waste. It will be complimented by sector plans which will detail exactly what actions we will need to take to reach these targets. A consultation on the first of these plans, the Municipal Sector Plan, is running 21 June 2010 – 13 September 2010.

We first published the Composition of Municipal Solid Waste in Wales report in 2003 and published a new report in 2010. These show exactly what we as householders, throw away in Wales and provide important information to help us plan what we need to do to increase our municipal waste recycling rate.

You can search for these, along with other waste publications, using the search facility on this page.

Evidence base for waste prevention programme

28/03/13
We considered a range of published evidence to support the development of the waste prevention programme. You can view this evidence here.
 

Welsh local authority recycling figures: end destinations report

22/03/13
This report is a review of the destination of waste collected for recycling as reported by the local authorities in Wales between April 2011 and March 2012.
 
Construction and demolition sector plan

Construction and demolition sector plan

01/03/13
This plan details outcomes, policies and actions on waste for organisations, companies and individuals in construction and demolition (C & D) in Wales.
 

Legal definition of waste

14/09/12
This guidance is aimed at businesses and other organisations which take decisions on a day-to-day basis about whether something is or is not waste.
 

Collections, Infrastructure and Markets Sector Plan

13/07/12
This Sector Plan which covers the management of all waste in Wales and suggests where improved recycling is needed.
 

Welsh Local Authority Recycling Figures: End destinations report

30/03/12
This report is a review of the destination of waste collected for recycling as reported by the local authorities in Wales between October 2010 and March 2011.
 

Guidance on Applying the Waste Hierarchy

19/01/12
Many Welsh businesses and public bodies are unaware of how much waste costs them.
 

The Impact of Rejects on the Recycling Rates of Local Authorities in Wales

09/12/11
This report examines the current gap between reported and actual recycling rates across Wales.
 
Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

18/08/11
We have created a question and answer document about energy from waste.
 
The Kerbside Dry Recyclables Collections Study - Wales

The Kerbside Dry Recyclables Collections Study - Wales

30/03/11
We commissioned Eunomia Consulting to carry out a study of kerbside recycling in Wales. This study was carried out in three phases. Phase one was a literature review of previous work in this area. Phase two looked in detail at six Welsh local authorities. Phase three was an all Wales modelling exer ...
 
Municipal Sector Plan

Municipal Sector Plan

10/03/11
The Municipal Sector Plan only covers waste collected by Welsh Local Authorities or that is collected by private or third (voluntary) sector waste management companies for Local Authorities. Waste not collected in this way will be covered in other sector plans.
 
Towards Zero Waste

Towards Zero Waste

21/06/10
This is the overarching waste strategy for Wales.
 

The Composition of Municipal Solid Waste in Wales

24/05/10
We commissioned two reports to determine what’s in the waste collected from homes by local authorities (municipal waste) in Wales. The first report was published in 2003 and the second in 2010.