Common use of Policy Context Clause in Contracts

Policy Context. 5.11.1 On 14th June 2011, the Government published the conclusions of its review of waste policies in England and it is helpful to highlight the direction of national policy in regards to recycling. Although the Government states that it is looking to target waste streams with a high carbon impact, on recycling it also states that we must continue to increase the percentage of waste collected from both households and businesses which is recycled, at the very least meeting the revised waste framework directive target to recycle 50% of waste from households by 2020. It recognised the challenge ahead particularly for urban areas and within the tight funding settlement for local authorities. One of the principal challenges mentioned is to ensure that the approach to extracting recyclables, such as paper and plastic from our waste generates material of sufficient quality to meet the needs of reprocessors here and abroad and to comply with international rules on waste shipments.