Environment bill: future wastes
Committee Stage briefing on the Environment Bill’s provisions relating to plastic and electronic waste
Summary of contents
The Government's sets out new provisions about targets, plans and policies relating to waste and resource efficiency. Building on our extensive work with the scientific community, we provided a briefing to Members of Parliament with suggested amendments relating to future waste.
The Environment Bill should:
- Encourage the use of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of products
- Encourage eco-design and allow authorities to set minimum standards for eco-design
- Mandate tracking of e-waste and the Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)contained within, and include this information in the National Materials Datahub
- Better labelling of products so CRM-containing electricals are not lost to landfill
- The waste hierarchy should be included in implementation plans