New clause 14 - Strategies for recycling and waste reduction: Scotland

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]

Public Bill Committees, 10 April 2003, 2:30 pm

'(1) The Scottish Ministers must have a strategy for—

(a) setting of statutory targets for the recycling of waste streams from (i) households; (ii) construction and demolition waste; (iii) business,

(b) developing a mandatory doorstep recycling scheme within 5 years,

(c) developing the market for recycled materials and goods in parallel with the increase in collected materials.

(2) Before formulating policy for the purposes of subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must—

(a) consult the Secretary of State, the National Assembly for Wales, the Department of the Environment and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency,

(b) consult such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government as they consider appropriate,

(c) consult such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of industry as they consider appropriate, and

(d) carry out such public consultation as they consider appropriate.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must set out in a statement any policy formulated for the purposes of subsection (1).

(4) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as a statement is prepared for the purposes of subsection (3), send a copy of it to—

(a) the Secretary of State,

(b) the National Assembly for Wales, and

(c) the Department of the Environment.'.