Recycling and waste

Guidance and services

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on the prioritisation of waste and recycling collection services
  Provides guidance on the relative prioritisation of waste and recycling services from households and non-domestic premises during the coronavirus outbreak.
• Guidance to local authorities on re-opening recycling centres: COVID-19
  Guidance for local authorities about how to manage the re-opening household waste and recycling centres during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Local authority recovery targets: statutory guidance
  Guidance for local authorities on the definitions of recycling, preparation for re-use and composting.
• Circular economy capital fund: application form
  This £6.5m fund is open to local authorities and other publically funded bodies. It will help Wales in driving further increases in recycling and decarbonisation.
• Smells from animal waste processing: guidance for local authorities (circular 17/76)
  Advice for local authorities on how to deal with smell problems caused by animal waste processing.
• Applying the waste hierarchy: guidance
  Explains the waste hierarchy and how it applies to a range of common materials and products.
• Guidance on applying the waste hierarchy to hazardous waste
  This guidance will help you understand what you should do about hazardous waste and the waste hierarchy.
• Geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste: community engagement and siting processes
  Our initial guidance on hosting a hazardous radioactive waste facility.
• Geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste: working with communities
  Guidance on the process to follow if you have potential to host a disposal facility for hazardous radioactive waste in your region.
• Contaminated land: guidance for local authorities
  How to identify contaminated land and assess its risk to human health.
• The separate collection of waste paper, plastic, metal and glass
  Guidance for organisations on the rules on separate collections of waste materials for recycling.
• Contaminated land assessment: category 4 screening levels
  Background and guidance on the assessment of land with lower levels of contamination.
• Fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for environmental offences: guidance
  Explains who can issue fixed penalty notices, how they are managed and maximum fines.
• Help for business to use recycled materials
  The Circular Economy Capital Investment Fund provides grants to use more recycled materials.
• Taking waste to a household waste and recycling centre
  What to do if you need to visit a household recycling centre during the coronavirus pandemic.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• The waste prevention programme for Wales
  Policy and strategy
  How we plan to help businesses and householders reduce waste.
• Waste planning case study: municipal sector waste incinerator
  Case study
  How Veolia Environmental Services are generating renewable energy from Sheffield's household waste.
• Municipal Sector Plan part 1
  Policy and strategy
  Sets the agenda for the management of local authority municipal wastes and builds on the principles of Towards Zero Waste.
• Waste prevention programme: post adoption statement
  Policy and strategy
  How environmental issues were considered in the development of our waste prevention programme.
• Waste planning monitoring reports
  Collection
  Statistics on the amount of waste collected and how it was disposed of.
• Municipal Sector Plan Part 1: post adoption statement
  Policy and strategy
  An assessment of the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the Municipal Sector Plan Part 1.
• Landfill allowance scheme: allocation of allowances
  Policy and strategy
  Details of the amount of biodegradable municipal waste that local authorities can send to landfill up to March 2020.
• Composition analysis of litter waste in Wales
  Report
  Provides a baseline of the litter waste composition across a sample of local authorities.
• Management and disposal of higher activity radioactive waste
  Policy and strategy
  Our policy on geological disposal for the long term management of radioactive waste.
• Municipal Sector Plan Part 1: Collections blueprint
  Policy and strategy
  Describes our recommended service profile for the collection of waste from households.
• Options for extended producer responsibility: food and drink packaging waste
  Report
  Research report into issues associated with food and drink packaging.
• Fixed penalty notice returns: 2018 to 2019
  Report
  Penalties issued by local authorities for litter, dog fouling, graffiti, fly-posting, and noise from 2007 to 2019.
• Towards zero waste: our waste strategy
  Policy and strategy
  Our long term aims for resource efficiency and waste management.
• Waste planning case study: gasification
  Case study
  How a company in Norway is using the gas produced by burning waste to provide renewable heat.
• Fixed penalty notice returns: 2007 to 2019
  Report
  Penalties issued by local authorities for litter, dog fouling, graffiti, fly-posting, and noise from 2007 to 2019.
• Waste sector plan and waste prevention programme: summary report
  Report
  Our progress on the actions and commitments of the waste management plan to March 2016.
• Waste planning case study: integrated waste management facility
  Case study
  How a recycling facility is generating electricity from material that it cannot recycle.
• Towards zero waste: food manufacture, service and retail sector plan
  Policy and strategy
  Our plan to encourage organisations in the food and drink sector to reduce and recycle food waste and packaging.
• Waste strategy: post adoption statement
  Policy and strategy
  How environmental issues were considered in the development of our waste strategy.
• Fly-tipping strategy
  Policy and strategy
  How we will work with organisations and communities to reduce fly-tipping.
• Waste planning case study: in-vessel composting
  Case study
  How Wrexham recycling plant are making compost from organic waste.
• Towards zero waste: progress report July 2015
  Report
  Report on our progress towards the targets set out in our waste strategy.