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 The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...

, aimed at delivering the action required to meet the UK's legally binding targets under Article Five of the EU

Landfill Directive The Landfill Directive, more formally Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 is a European Union directive that regulates waste management of landfills in the European Union. It was implemented by its Member States by 16 July 2001. The D ...

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

landfill A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the wast ...

ed. 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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