05.12.03

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY REVIEW

The European Commission has issued a review of their environmental policies with the aim of looking at developments in policy since 2001 and highlight current priority issues in EU environmental policy. The key message from the review is the necessity to decouple economic growth from environmental pressures.
See http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/industry/com2003_745_en.pdf

NOMINATIONS FOR JUNIOR VICE-PRESIDENT

Corporate members of the Institution are reminded that nominations, in writing, for the next Junior Vice-President of the Institution should be received at Headquarters by 31st December 2003. Candidates must be Fellows of the Institution, and must be proposed and seconded by either General Councillors or Centre Councillors. Nominations, signed by the proposer and seconder, and the candidate, should be accompanied by a personal statement from the candidate of not more than 250 words. Further information and nomination forms can be obtained from Mark Gibson, Professional Services Manager, at headquarters, telephone 01604 620426, e-mail mark.gibson@ciwm.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR POCKET 2003

DEFRA has published its latest edition of The Environment in Your Pocket for 2003. The publication contains over 50 statistics covering environmental issues such as global atmosphere, air and water quality, noise pollution, wildlife along with waste and recycling. The waste and recycling statistics include total waste arisings by sector, municipal recycling and amount of waste produced per person.
See www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/eiyp/index.htm
 
STREAMLINING OF THE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE ON WASTE

The European Union has issued a `codification' of the Waste Framework Directive. In order to ensure European legislation is clear to the public, once a maximum of 10 amendments have been made a new directive has to be issued. The new Directive will supersede the various Acts incorporated in the original directive. However, fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.
See http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2003/com2003_0731en01.pdf

WRAP LOCAL WASTE AWARENESS FUNDING

£30 million has been made available to WRAP under DEFRA's Waste Improvement Programme, to fund a communications and awareness campaign focused on increasing participation in recycling and waste minimization initiatives. The fund will be made available in 3 tranches, with an initial £1.7 million being made available to support existing local schemes already demonstrating an effect on participation and schemes ready to be introduced in early 2004. See www.wrap.org.uk

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY OBJECTIVES AND CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN WALES

The National Assembly for Wales has issued statutory guidance setting out principles which the Environment Agency should follow, objectives to be pursued over the next few years and identifies the Environment Agencies role in contributing to the achievement of sustainable development in Wales. Principles for priority by the Environment Agency in Wales should include the relevance of the work to their objectives, legislative duties and where there is a relative expertise in terms of skills or leverage.
See www.wales.gov.uk/subienvironment/content/guidance/sustain-dev/ea-stat-guid-e.htm#intro

FUNDING FOR SCOTTISH COMMUNITY RECYCLING

The Scottish Executive has provided the Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS) with £40,000 to fund development officers to advise the community waste sector. A further £300,000 will be made available to the CRNS for the following 2 years once a viable business plan has been approved. 
See www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2003/12/SEen728.aspx
 
CHRISTMAS CARD RECYCLING

A scheme for recycling Christmas Cards is being run by the Woodland Trust. For further details go to:
http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/recycling
 
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