Europartnership helps County Waste Plan

July saw the end of final consultation and adoption of Lincolnshire County Council’s Waste Management Plan. Council approval was given in May. The County was previously forecasting considerable shortfall against the landfill targets set by EU and this translated into EU landfill taxes penalties at an unacceptable level. In June 2004 Europartnership was commissioned to help the Waste Department formulate a plan for improving the way it disposed of residents’ waste. With the amount of waste being produced on the increase, there was a growing need to provide facilities to ensure it was properly dealt with. The Waste Local Plan has a vital role in providing a set of standards by which proposals can be judged.

Richard Wills, Director for Development said "We began the Waste Management programme with a technical report showing us what we had to do but we didn't have a framework for working out how and where we should implement it. With Europartnership we were able to develop that framework and so evaluate our options systematically and objectively. This way we could work through the difficult decisions with councilors and our Partners. We now have a formally adopted Waste Local Plan and everyone knows their place in helping to deliver it."