NWDA Sustainable Buildings: Guidance Note
This waste strategy and its Annexes, together with Planning Policy Statement 10 Planning for Sustainable Waste Management (PPS10) is part of the implementation for England of the requirements within the Framework Directive on Waste, and associated Directives, to produce waste management plans. These are the national level documents of a tiered system of waste planning in England, which together satisfies the requirements of the various Directives. At regional level there are Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs), and at local level, development plan documents. The requirement for waste management plans in these directives is partly transposed by section 44A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (inserted by the Environment Act 1995). Section 44A requires the Secretary of State to produce, and modify from time to time, a national waste strategy in respect of England. This strategy (and its Annexes) is also a strategy for dealing with waste diverted from landfill in England, as required by the Landfill Directive. Strategy Unit Report ‘Waste not, Want not’ Recommendations Progress to January 2005 The Strategy Unit Report ‘Waste not, Want not’ made 46 recommendations. The Government’s response to the report, published in May 2003 highlighted 63 actions to be taken to achieve these recommendations. Site Waste Management Plans for the Construction Industry The construction industry is a major contributor to the UK economy, but this comes at a cost. Each year of the 400 million tonnes of solid materials used, only two-thirds is added to the building stock - the rest is consigned to landfill. Government is also concerned about the small but increasing amount of construction waste that is illegally dumped or fly-tipped. As waste controls tighten there is an increased risk of companies inadvertently employing illegal waste operatives. Powers were included in the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 for regulations requiring a site waste management plan (SWMP) for works involving construction or demolition waste. Following the voluntary code of practice launched by DTI in 2004, DEFRA has developed proposals for compulsory site waste Revision 2 - March 09
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