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House of Lords inquiry


The Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Lords Science has announced and inquiry to look at sustainable approaches to waste reduction.

The inquiry will focus on the first level of the waste hierarchy, waste reduction, and will look into ways in which products and production processes can be made more sustainable and therefore produce less waste. The Committee is now inviting evidence.

Waste reduction the most important environmental issue.

According to a survey conducted for Dow Corning, waste reduction is now considered the single most important environmental issue by companies in the USA, Brazil, Italy, Germany and China.

Key Performance Indicators?

The Local Government White Paper set out a new performance framework for local government. The backbone of the new framework will be around 200 indicators covering all Government's priorities for local delivery. One option considered is the possibility of setting statutory levels for waste not reused, recycled or composted per head.

Beyond Recycling

Beyond Recycling - can waste ever be sustainable?

What is Beyond Recycling?

Beyond Recycling is here to promote 'beginning of pipe' waste prevention solutions that offer radical benefits compared with conventional 'sustainable waste management'. Beyond Recycling challenges whether waste can ever be sustainable.

Why go Beyond Recycling?

Recycling is better than not recycling. But it comes at a much bigger cost, environmentally and financially, than we might like to believe. Recycling is in danger of becoming the 'Great Green Easy', making us feel good about unsustainable levels of consumption. 'It doesn't matter how much I consume so long as I recycle most of it, right?' Wrong.

Waste prevention includes the forgotten first two Rs - reduce and reuse, and is also about avoidance - designing out waste, favouring quality over quantity and reducing the hazardousness of waste. For more on waste prevention and why we must swiftly go Beyond Recycling why not read this article by Mike Read.

Waste prevention is rising rapidly up local, regional and national agendas. If you would like help with any waste prevention initiative, policy, or monitoring please contact us.