Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 37
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The Government must take strong steps to overcome the problems besetting the system by mandating...
Recommendation
The Government must take strong steps to overcome the problems besetting the system by mandating that producers, compliance schemes, local authorities and AATF enter longer term contracts to create partnerships and longer-term certainty. It must also ensure that the market is regulated to a high-enough standard to prevent unscrupulous operators. (Paragraph 147) Conclusion
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
We note in the WEEE system that stakeholders have raised a number of questions around the short termism in the system in relation to annual target setting which may hinder the certainty needed to foster longer term arrangements and investment opportunities. We will therefore explore whether a longer-term approach would promote more certainty and, as a result, more investment into higher quality recycling methods and will consult on such an approach in our forthcoming consultation on the review of the WEEE Regulations to be published later this year.