New legislation: The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Amended legislation: The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
Who does this affect: England and Wales
When does this change take place: 1st October 2012
These Regulations make corrections to the 2011 Regulations so that they have fully transposed provisions of the revised Waste Framework Directive relating to the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass.
The Amendment Regulations replace regulation 13 of the 2011 Regulations so as to impose a duty on establishments and undertakings, from 1 January 2015, for the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass. It also imposes a duty on waste collection authorities, from that date, when making arrangements for the collection of such waste, to ensure that those arrangements are by way of separate collection. These duties apply where separate collection is “necessary” to ensure that waste undergoes recovery operations in accordance with the Directive and to facilitate or improve recovery; and where it is “technically, environmentally and economically practicable”. Where such collection is not so necessary or not so practicable the duties relating to separate collection do not apply, and collection may accordingly be by other means. The duties apply to waste classified as waste from households and waste that is classified as commercial or industrial waste.
The full text of the Regulations can be found here.
Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk
