Key Policy Messages

• Steps to introduce waste data collection regulations to improve understanding of commercial and industrial waste arisings and management
• Introduction of Carbon Metric encourages the capture of materials with greater climate change impacts
• Development of a Waste Prevention Programme for all wastes
• Long – term target to achieve 70% Recycling and 5% to landfill by 2025 for ALL wastes, not just municipal waste
• Improve quantity and quality of the material recycled – for example steps to introduce mandatory food waste collection and define best practice for waste and resource collection systems.
• Support waste prevention, reuse and recycling by taking steps to introduce measures to restrict materials that can go to energy from waste to replace the 25% Cap
• Steps to introduce landfill bans. To gain the environmental and economic opportunities from resources we must divert them from landfill)

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