EA/waste industry Breakfast briefing Colin Church - Director, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EA/waste industry Breakfast briefing

Colin Church - Director, Environmental Quality 26 January 2016

Waste crime and poor performance

• Link between poor

performance and waste crime

• Waste crime costs

economy >£0.5bn pa

• Impacts on:

– legitimate businesses – local communities – environment – health

• Clear priority for Ministers

– £20m allocated in SR

Action

• Waste crime consultation proposals

– 4 measures implemented, 2 others in train – Regulations for fly-tipping FPN in spring

• Call for Evidence response

– financial provision to obtain a permit –

• perator and technical competence
• Across all regulatory regimes

– EA review of exemptions to Defra in spring –

• ngoing industry liaison on Duty of

Care and EDOC – considering action on Carriers, Brokers and Dealers regime

• Waste Crime Action Plan and Waste

Enforcement Programme

– support many of the actions above

• Timetable

– need to prioritise – first consultations towards end of year

Regulatory reform

• Cutting Red Tape

– report and response to be published soon – ~100 responses – considering future actions and what we’re already doing

• Our approach

– earned recognition – but tough on crooks

Forward look

• Emerging risks

– abandoned sites including landfill – lack of secondary raw material markets and consequent risks of dumping

• Circular Economy proposals

– proposals have incorporated many of the UK’s recommendations e.g. voluntary approaches, promotion of jobs and growth, and reduction of burdens on businesses and SMEs – seeking Ministers’ views and examining implications – sceptical over the role of targets in waste legislation

• Funding

– £20m ring fenced for waste crime over remaining SR period – EA strategic charging review

• Longer term possibilities

– digital transformation for some customer facing elements

Q&A