Refuse, Refuse Containers and Waste Management

Improve Waste Management Practices.

Poor waste management practices provide fuel for deliberate fire setters and damage the environment.

Goals

To promote good Practice in the safe, secure storage of waste.

The producers of waste to take responsibility for its safe and legal disposal.

To educate communities, businesses and producers of waste regarding the dangers of inappropriate storage of waste.

To educate the community regarding waste management and the impact to the environment caused by poor waste management.

Tactical Options

  • Statutory bodies to fully utilise powers regarding waste management.
  • Statutory bodies to use relevant legislation to impose conditions on the producers of waste to contain and present waste for collection.
  • Statutory bodies to share Best Practice with each other, on the management of waste.
  • Statutory bodies to incorporate the safe and secure storage of waste within planning and to produce supplementary planning guidance on this issue.
  • Educate waste producers as to their accountability and responsibility.
  • Welsh Assembly Government to implement the Environmental Protection Act and Clean Neighbourhoods Act.
  • Statutory bodies to charge for the storage of waste.
  • Multi-agency approach to education of public to dangers of incorrect waste management.