Wastes minimization as a local government issue: fact or fiction?
✍ Scribed by Adam D. Read; Paul S Phillips; Alice Murphy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 433 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0968-0802
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Minimization is the top priority of the waste management hierarchy, yet this paper suggests that minimization is not being given the necessary policy framework required for its successful development in the UK, and questions whether minimization is being afforded the respect and attention that is due to the preferable waste management option. This theme is investigated by surveying the county councils of England and a number of the constituent district and borough councils from a representative sample of these. Some 59% of English counties have a minimization policy, whilst only 40% of the sampled local authorities had one. However, 47% of counties have participated in and supported a minimization programme or trial within their region, whilst 31% of local authorities have been actively involved. It appears that county council practices are not filtering through to the local councils in their region as one would expect, and that Hampshire County Council stands alone as a model of best practice to be followed and utilized across the nation.