SUSTAINABLE WASTE

Early day motion 837, tabled 5 March 2003 by Lord Whitehead (Labour). Signed by 58 members.

That this House recognises the enormous challenge of creating a sustainable waste management framework, with domestic waste doubling by 2024 on current trends; welcomes proposals to increase the landfill tax to ú35 over the medium to long term; urges the Government to bring forward these increases over a shorter time period; further welcomes the proposed reform of the landfill tax credit scheme and the attendant opportunity for investment in recycling reuse and waste diversion programmes; also welcomes the Government's decision to introduce transitional arrangements for schemes currently funded through LTCS: calls on the Government to provide urgent and significantly increased investment in waste minimisation and doorstep recycling projects and to adopt proposals for a waste incineration tax; and urges the Government to allow local authorities to pioneer innovative variable charging schemes.

Signatures by party: Labour 44, Liberal Democrat 8, Labour/Co-operative 3, UUP 2, Plaid Cymru 1.