Waste targets

3Recycling, preparation for re-use and composting targets

1

The recycling, preparation for re-use and composting targets are specified in subsections (2) and (3).

2

A local authority must secure the recovery, by means of any of the operations specified in subsection (5), of at least the target amount of its municipal waste from–

a

each target financial year, and

b

each subsequent financial year until the next target financial year.

3

In the following table–

a

column 1 specifies the target amount for a target financial year (and the financial years falling within subsection (2)(b)), and

b

column 2 specifies the target financial year to which the target amount in the corresponding entry in column 1 applies.

TABLE

Target amount

Target financial year

52%

2012/13

58%

2015/16

64%

2019/20

70%

2024/25

4

The Welsh Ministers may amend this table by order.

5

The operations referred to in subsection (2) are–

a

recycling;

b

preparation for re-use;

c

composting (including any other form of transformation by biological processes).

6

The Welsh Ministers may make provision by order for establishing whether waste is recycled, prepared for re-use, or composted for the purposes of the targets under this section.

7

A local authority that does not meet a recycling, preparation for re-use and composting target is liable to a penalty to be paid to the Welsh Ministers.

8

For the purposes of this section, a local authority’s municipal waste from a target financial year is the total amount by weight of each of the following–

a

all waste collected in that year by a local authority under section 45 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;

b

all waste deposited in that year at places provided by a local authority under subsections (1)(b) and (3) of section 51 of that Act;

c

such other waste as may be specified by order of the Welsh Ministers.

9

In this section, “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending on 31 March.