e-Digest Statistics about: Waste Data Hub
Waste Data Strategy
The Waste Data Strategy was published by Defra in April 2006 following a thorough consultation process. For details please see this link to Defra pages.
The goal of this strategy, taken forward by Defra, the Environment Agency and the Welsh Assembly Government, was to provide a sound evidence base for the development, monitoring and evaluation of waste management policy.
This evidence base, at both national and local levels, was identified as essential for the development of effective waste strategies for household and other waste streams.
A key point of the chosen approach is that routine regulatory returns from all waste management facilities would replace the existing system of surveys as the principle source of data.
This approach was taken forward by the Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) who developed the Strategy and implemented the Waste Data Hub
Background papers on the development of the Waste Strategy by WIP can be found at these Defra pages.
Current Approach
Responsibility for the management and development of the Waste Data Strategy has passed from the WIP team to Defra's Environmental Statistics and Indicators Division who will:
- Publish waste data reports created from the waste data held in the Waste Data Hub
- analyse the new data available though the Waste Data Hub for policy users, stakeholders and the public at large
- further develop and enhance the Waste Data Hub as appropriate.
Page last modified: 16 August 2007
Page published: 16 August 2007