The Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) is the UK Government's response to the package of strategic measures recommended by the Strategy Unit "Waste Not, Want Not" report published in 2002.Waste Implementation Programme
/ref> The WIP is the route map of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, aimed at delivering the action required to meet the UK's legally binding targets under Article Five of the EU Landfill Directive related to reducing levels of

biodegradable waste Biodegradable waste includes any organic matter in waste which can be broken down into carbon dioxide, water, methane or simple organic molecules by micro-organisms and other living things by composting, aerobic digestion, anaerobic digestion ...

that are landfilled. The UK's targets are: *By 2010 reduce biodegradable municipal waste landfilled to 75% of that produced in 1995 *By 2013 reduce biodegradable municipal waste landfilled to 50% of that produced in 1995 *By 2020 reduce biodegradable municipal waste landfilled to 35% of that produced in 1995

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Waste legislation in the United Kingdom {{waste-stub

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