Copies are available on request. These criteria are under review. The specific criteria published today will be used by DETR in prioritising Waste schemes for putting forward to the PRG, and replace previous specific criteria for Waste schemes. The procedures and criteria relate only to projects requiring extra revenue support from central government. These criteria relate only to local authority waste PFI projects in England.
Separate arrangements apply elsewhere.
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 places the duty on waste collection authorities to prepare waste recycling plans, setting out arrangements made and proposed for recycling, and including certain proscribed information. The Review Group on the Local Authority Role in Recycling suggested that municipal waste management strategies should supersede waste collection authority recycling plans. Many authorities are already working together on producing MWM Strategies, and the Waste Strategy 2000 makes clear that MWM Strategies will become mandatory. PFI bids should be in accordance with authorities' recycling plans, and where available, draft and completed MWM Strategies, and authorities may wish, or be requested, to provide relevant parts of these documents in their bids. DETR will issue guidance on what we expect to see in a MWM Strategy later this year.