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Consultation on the transposition of the revised Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC) in England and Wales

Member States are required to bring into force by 12 December 2010 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the revised Waste Framework Directive (WFD). Defra is responsible for transposing the revised WFD in England; and the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) is responsible for its transposition in Wales. Defra/WAG propose to manage the revised WFD’s transposition through a two-stage process.

The requirements of the revised WFD on which views are invited as part of the stage one consultation are set out in the consultation document’s Executive Summary; and each requirement is discussed in more detail in Chapter Two. Consultees are invited to submit their views by reference to the questions set out in Chapter Three of the consultation document. The following provides an indication of the issues covered in the consultation document:-

  • Article 4 : The waste hierarchy;
  • Article 8 : Extended producer responsibility;
  • Article 11 : Re-use and recycling;
    • Article 11(1) : Re-use and preparing for re-use activities;
    • Article 11(1) : Separate collections of waste;
    • Article 11(2)(a) : Household waste recycling target;
    • Article 11(2)(b) : Recovery target for non-hazardous construction and demolition waste;
  • Article 16 : Principles of self-sufficiency and proximity;
  • Articles 17-20 : Hazardous waste;
  • Article 21 : Waste oils;
  • Article 22 : Bio-waste;
  • Article 28 : Waste management plans; and
  • Article 29 : Waste prevention programmes.
  • Other Issues
    • Article 6 : End-of-waste status; and
    • The “R1 formula” and the recovery/disposal distinction.

All responses should be received by Friday 9 October 2009.

Consultation documents

These documents are also available on the Welsh Assembly Government’s website

Page published: 5 August 2009