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In line with the CCC’s recommendation that disposal of certain biodegradable waste streams to landfill should be banned by 2025, we have set a date of 31 December 2025 in legislation, but we expect significant progress to be made ahead of that date.
Wherever possible, please avoid discussion of the specifics of concerns or complaints, including those that pre-dated production of the harassment complaints procedure, and avoid naming specific Government officials.
At a development session on 31 January and 1 February, the board will review the progress to date on the redesign work and the work on developing the capability and capacity to deliver the new design.
That will carry on until March 2020—that is how long the scheme is set for. After that date, all the Administrations will need to consider how they will proceed.
That information will be with us in May; we will keep you informed as the practical improvements can be rolled out. Have you any predictions of a date when we might have a system? I have given you the date when we will get the analysis of where the gaps are.
The meetings cannot take place without us, which probably means that we have some influence on the dates, but it has proved to be difficult to set dates.