London - The UK has to bring in domestic legislation giving effect to the revised EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD) by 12 December 2010. Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government are consulting on draft Regulations to bring the revised WFD into effect in England and Wales. The consultation will run from 8 July to 16 September 2010.

The aim of the revised WFD is to promote waste prevention, increase recycling, and ensure better use of resources, while protecting human health and the environment. It re-enacts much of the existing WFD, and leaves the legal definition of waste unchanged, but it also contains a number of new features.

This is a short summary of the key points of the draft Regulations on which Defra and WAG are seeking views. The detail is set out in accompanying consultation document, Impact Assessment and in the draft Regulations themselves.

The main new features of the revised WFD are that it requires Member States:

* To apply the “waste hierarchy” as a priority order in waste prevention and management legislation and policy;
* To set up “separate collections” of waste for at least paper, metal, plastic, and glass by 2015 where technically, environmentally and economically practicable. This applies to both household and business waste;
*To recycle 50 percent of waste from households by 2020;
*To recover 70 percent of construction and demolition waste by 2020.

More information can be found under defra.gov.uk.

Quelle: Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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