Waste not want not - States Assembly

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
Recommendation Benefits/Risks Action to By when Lead dept/ Others Measuring
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Chapter 6 – Economic
and regulatory
framework
Recommendation 4:
HMT and DEFRA to
consider the case for
applying incentives
such as economic
instruments to
encourage
environmentallyfriendly
products.
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Benefits: increases
demand for
environmentally friendly
products.
Increases markets for
‘green’ products.
Risks: burdens on sectors
of industry if not
signalled in advance.
VAT would need
to be discussed in
the context of
renegotiation of
the EU VAT
Directive in 2003.
Need to identify
products for
which green taxes
are more
appropriate than
producer
responsibility.
HMT to
study
options.
HMT/DEFRA.
DTI
HMT to develop
effective economic
instruments to
increase demand for
environmentally
friendly product
purchase.
Recommendation 5:
DTI should work with
DEFRA, WRAP, industry
and the BSI Group to
assess what more can
be done to promote
the use of secondary
resources through BSI
standards.
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Benefits: boosts the use
of recyclate through
reducing recycling costs
and removing artificial
barriers to its use.
Risks: none where this is
practicable.
Assess what can be
done to promote
the use of
secondary
resources where
appropriate,
including reviewing
areas of BSI
standardisation
where practicable,
which may block
the use of
recycled materials.
Complete
review by
03/04.
Implement
required
changes by
05/06.
DTI/BSI
group.
WRAP/
Envirowise
DEFRA.
Change in
standards. Less
barriers to use of
recycled materials.
Greater use of
recyclate.
Specifications to
encourage use of
recyclate.
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