The team, which is working for the Performance Innovation Unit (PIU) has now had its action plan approved by the assess how the UK can meet its recycling targets.
Paul Hollinshead, an analyst at the Cabinet Office, who is leading the study, said: “The PIU is continuing to pursue looking at the Landfill Directive through a series of workshops. Our job is to try and produce a package that is feasible.”
Mr Hollinshead explained that the workshops are the latest initiative to enable the Cabinet Office team to find out whether the waste strategy needs “updating or if it needs just a tweak”. And it will also help the team to look out how the Landfill Directive can be met in a way that is both feasible and affordable.
The meetings will help the researchers to understand the problems in the waste industry and assess the pros and cons of different strategies before it presents its report to the government in September. The PIU team will also look to Europe to see how different countries are meeting their targets.
A waste minimisation meeting has already been held and the PIU is now holding workshops on recycling, composting, incineration and new technologies.
Mr Hollinshead, said: “The idea of the seminars is to get everyone involved”, but he explained that space at the meetings is limited because of cost and he said that most people would be invited. But he added: “We pick people from industry because everyone wants to come. But people can say that they want to come and if no one is coming from their sector they will probably be able to come.”
The scoping note for the PIU research is on the Cabinet Office's website and details on the workshops will be published shortly. For further information, see the Cabinet Office website.
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