Municipal Waste Targets

UK targets

• Reduction in the amount of Biodegradable Municipal Waste going to landfill by 35% from the 1995 baseline tonnage by 2020.
• Recycle at least 50% of household waste by 2020.
• Packaging waste - To recover a minimum of 81% by 2019; 82% by 2020; with the following targets on the seperate materials :

Recycling targets:

Materials	2018 (%)	2019(%)	2020(%)
Glass	78	79	80	-	Plastic	53	55	57
Aluminium	58	61	64
Steel	79	82	85
Paper/Board	71	73	75
Wood	38	43	48

A revised legislative framework on waste entered into force in July 2018 as part of the EU Circular Economy Package. The new targets are as follows:

• Recycling of 65% of municipal waste by 2035
• Reduction in the amount of of municipal waste sent to landfill to a maximum of 10% by 2035.
• Targets for the recycling of packaging waste have also been published but these are not as stringent as those currently required under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 as shown above.

Wales

The Municipal Waste targets for Wales are:

• 70% of waste to be used, recycled or composted by 2024/25
• 30% of energy created by waste by 2024/25
• Landfill restriction of 5% of waste being sent to landfill by 2024/25
• Wales to achieve zero waste (i.e. 100% recycling) by 2050.

The Commercial and Industrial Waste targets for Wales are:

• a reduction of 1.4% per annum for Industrial Waste
• a reduction of 1.2% per annum for Commercial Waste
• 70% of Commercial and Industrial Waste to be recycled by 2025
• zero waste to [Landfill]] by 2025; and
• Wales to achieve zero waste by 2050.