National Waste Strategy - WS2000

WS2000

The first version of the Strategy for England was published on 25 May 2000. By 2007 Defra reported that:

• Recycling and composting of waste had nearly quadrupled since 1996-97, achieving 27% in 2005-06;
• The recycling of packaging waste had increased from 27% to 56% since 1998;
• Less waste is being landfilled, with a 9% fall between 2000–01 and 2004–05; and
• Waste growth was being reduced with local authority domestic and business waste collections growing much less quickly than the economy of the United Kingdom at 0.5% per year.