| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom, National Audit Office |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | 14.1.09 |
| Publication Date | 14/01/2009 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Union introduced a Directive in 1999 requiring all Member States to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) sent to landfill. EU Member States will be subject to financial penalties if they fail to meet the landfill reduction targets for BMW. The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has made considerable progress in increasing the number and size of local authority projects to procure new waste treatment facilities under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) but, according to a National Audit Office published on 14 January 2009, the Department was initially too slow to respond to the 1999 EU Directive. If the 2013 target to reduce landfill waste in England is missed because new PFI projects coming into operation are delayed by a year or more, the resulting EU fines could run into several hundred millions of pounds. |
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| Source Link | http://www.nao.org.uk/whats_new/0708-1/080966.aspx |
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| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
