WASTE INITIATIVE UP AND RUNNING

摘要

Sarah Dodd reports on the first six months of the Waste Implementation Programme and looks into its future. Local authorities in England are facing tough targets for diverting waste away from landfill. DEFRA has put in place a comprehensive support and incentive package - the Waste Implementation Programme - to ensure that local authorities are better placed to fulfil their obligations. The programme has been operating for six months now, and is already active in supporting local authorities in meeting their recycling targets. John Burns, the Programme Director, is focused entirely on delivery, and taking the eight work streams forward. The units are staffed in the main by people with practical experience in commercial delivery, local authorities and waste. There's hardly a conventional civil servant in sight.