Section 8

The appropriate authority must ensure that the waste management plans (taken together) cover the whole of England or Wales, as the case may be. Subject to Part 2A of Schedule 1, the appropriate authority must ensure that the waste management plans ...— include a statement of the authority's policies for attaining the objectives specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1; ... include the matters set out— in relation to England, in paragraphs 5 to 10 and 11(a)(ii) and (b) of Part 2 of Schedule 1; in relation to Wales, in Part 2 of Schedule 1; conform to the provisions in paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 10 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016; and for the purposes of litter prevention, conform to— the programme of measures published pursuant to regulation 14(1) of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010; and each programme of measures proposed and approved under regulation 12(1) of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017— in relation to England, for river basin districts that are wholly or partly in England; in relation to Wales, for river basin districts that are wholly or partly in Wales. The appropriate authority must consider, in particular, whether the matters set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 should be included in the waste management plans. An appropriate authority must ensure that the waste management plans conform to the strategy for the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfill— in relation to England, required by section 17(1) of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 ; in relation to Wales, required by section 19(1) of that Act. A statement of policy made before the coming into force of these Regulations may be, or form part of, a waste management plan.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30