International Review of Waste Management Policy - Department of ...

To this end, the document envisaged the setting up of a National Waste Prevention
Programme, this to be drawn up by a newly established Core Prevention Team (CPT)
within the EPA. The remit of the CPT was set out as:
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� “developing and prioritising programme objectives, with the goal of stabilising
waste arisings and reversing current trends in waste production;
� identifying the key organisations best placed (either individually or collectively)
to contribute to the achievement of these objectives, and pursuing their
engagement in support of the programme;
� identifying and prioritising necessary actions to be initiated directly by or on
behalf of the Core Prevention Team in pursuit of the programme objectives;
� co-ordinating the activities of the different stakeholders;
� identifying appropriate targets or performance indicators, and devising a
representative methodology for the measurement of national performance in
relation to waste prevention and minimisation.
In implementing a progressive and ambitious Prevention Programme, the Core
Prevention Team will –
� advise and contribute to policy development and action in relation to waste
prevention and minimisation, including the provision of advice to the Minister
with regard to actions within the remit of Government which are necessary or
desirable in support of improved national performance;
� prioritise and target relevant activities within the industrial/commercial sector;
� provide financial support for significant waste prevention initiatives;
� support the establishment of local or regional Waste Minimisation Clubs and
Networks;
� initiate or facilitate research to identify potential constraints and incentives
with regard to waste prevention/minimisation initiatives;
� provide advice and support on all aspects of waste prevention and
minimisation to relevant stakeholders, by means of
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• training programmes,
• the provision of help-line services, and
• the publication of procedural manuals and other relevant guidance;
� finance or initiate appropriate R&D and demonstration projects that can
provide visible and factual evidence of the benefits of specific waste
prevention and minimisation initiatives;
� monitor and evaluate international developments in relation to best practice;
� establish and finance a best practice programme and ensure effective
dissemination of results;
� monitor and evaluate waste audits and waste reduction programmes
submitted on foot of statutory requirements (see paragraph 2.4.2), engage
with businesses concerned to support consequent waste reduction initiatives,