The UK has re-affirmed its commitment to recycling 65% of municipal waste by 2035 as it today (30 July) set out its approach to transposing the EU circular economy package (CEP) into domestic law. The UK’s own CEP was published today by the UK, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland governments and is much the same as the European version. This includes targets such as sending no more than 10% municipal waste to landfill by 2035. The targets already feature in the EU’s CEP, approved in April 2018 (see letsrecycle.com story) but which will no longer apply in the UK following Brexit.
Today’s statement cements a commitment previously made by ministers to ensure environmental standards are upheld after Brexit. Environment minister Rebecca Pow said: “We are committed to increasing our recycling rates and reducing the amount of waste that is sent to landfill to create a cleaner waste industry and reduce carbon emissions. Much of the package is the same as that adopted by the EU. A full breakdown of measures and proposed approaches to transposition can be seen here.
The government says it is looking to lay legislation in the autumn to transpose the relevant CEP regulations into UK law. The UK, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland governments say they decided to issue a public statement about the adoption of the measures and not run a formal consultation. They explained that the bulk of the CEP measures are relatively small technical changes, while in some cases the implementing legislation simply adopts the same wording as that of the European directive.
Source: Let’s Recycle
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