Waste

We work closely with the following partners:

• Advantage West Midlands

WRAP (Waste and Resource Action Programme)

Ø       Envirowise

Ø       NISP (National Industrial Symbiosis Programme)

Ø       BREW Centre for Local Authorities (Business Resource Efficiency and Waste)

Ø       Action Sustainability (AS)

Ø       Construction Resources and Waste Platform (CRWP)

Ø       Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse (CRR)

• The Regional Technical Advisory Board on Waste
• The West Midlands Leaders Board
• Local Government Association
• The Environment Agency
• Environment Agency
• West Midlands Improvement & Efficiency Partnership

The Government Office works with and supports the Waste Implementation Development Programme within Defra, which focuses on helping local authorities achieve a step change in their performance and meet biodegradable municipal waste targets. This allows applications for PFI credits to enable the construction of large infrastructure projects.

Sustainable consumption and production is central to Government’s aim of sustainable development, and effective management of our waste as a resource is a key factor in achieving this.  The way in which products are designed and used in order to have the least impact on the environment along with sustainable procurement practises will protect our finite resources.

We need to re-use, recycle and compost more of our waste and also find alternative solutions and new technologies that will significantly reduce the amount that is eventually sent to landfill. This will involve both cultural and practical changes for local authority waste services, the waste industry and the public.  We need to change our perceptions and see waste as a resource that has a value and not a by-product that has a negative impact on the economy.