Waste Incentives Pilot Schemes

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Waste Incentives Pilot Schemes

• Sarah Fisher
• Waste Programme, Defra

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Overview

• Context
• The Legislation
• Guidance
• Being a Pilot
• Timeframe
• Questions

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Context 1

• Calls to Action on Waste Charging
• LGA
• Lyons
• Waste Strategy Consultation
• Eunomia Research Report
• Comprehensive literature review
• Local authority modelling

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Context 2

• Consultation
• 80.5 in favour
• Opinion Polls
• 52-64 in favour
• Policy Announcement Climate Change Bill

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The Legislation 1 Piloting and Roll Out

• Up to 5 pilots (waste collection authorities)
• Pilots designated by Government
• Report on every pilot within 3 years of Royal
  Assent
• (interim report if necessary)
• Roll out or repeal powers after at least 1 final
  report
• Opportunity to amend powers before roll out
• Roll out Giving all local authorities in
  England the power (not the duty) to introduce a
  waste incentive scheme

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The Legislation 2 Key Powers

• Power to charge by amount of residual household
  waste
• Linking charges and rebates to council tax
• Types of scheme
• Bin volume
• Sack or tag
• Frequency
• Weight

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The Legislation Framework

• Revenue neutrality
• Fly-tipping prevention strategy
• Good recycling service
• Take account of disadvantaged groups
• Appeals
• Separate Account

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Guidance (early thinking)

• Consulting/ engaging
• Publicising scheme
• S46 notices

• Level of recycling
• Recap of legislation
• Service performance issues to consider

• How/ when to apply
• Selection criteria

• Communications
• Enforcement
• Backyard burning

• Billing
• Revenue neutrality
• Appeals
• Debt collection

• Recycling/ waste levels
• Impact on fly-tipping
• Cost savings

• Types of scheme
• Enforcement
• Wider impacts

• Which households?
• Which areas/ wards?
• Which people?
• Disadvantaged groups

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Being a Pilot

• Up to 1.5m per year for 3 years to support
  pilots
• Recycling up to 55 in best schemes
• Residual waste down by 39 in best schemes
• Cost savings of up to 18 per household per
  year
• Carbon savings of up to 13,700 tonnes CO2
  equivalent
• How do I become a pilot?

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Timeframe
April May
Publish guidance for informal comment
Climate Change Bill debated in House of Commons
May July
Royal Assent for Climate Change Bill Publish
final guidance Authorities come forward to pilot
July/ Autumn
First pilots start
From April 09
Summer/ Autumn 2011
(Interim) report on all pilots
NB All timings subject to Parliamentary process
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Any Questions? For further information, please
see the Defra website http//www.defra.gov.uk/env
ironment/waste/strategy/incentives/ Or contact
me or Beth Child on sarah.fisher_at_defra.gsi.g
ov.uk Tel [phone] beth.child_at_defra.gsi.gov.
uk Tel [phone] For operational questions,
please contact Simon Hewitt (WRAP)
on simon.hewitt_at_wrap.org.uk Tel [phone]