Comment
Draft Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan
Representation ID: 30826
Received: 19/09/2018
Respondent: P.A.G.E.
true sustainability should reflect the need to continuously increase the proportion of mineral provided through re-use, recycling etc. Incorporating a requirement to promote or contribute to minerals obtained by methods that avoid irreversible consumption of resources could achieve this. The price of primary mineral is a key factor in the viability of recycling efforts. Releasing sites only when a certain proportion of supply is recycled and subject to condition that require the output to be matched by a certain proportion of recycled mineral are ways of achieving this ways and clearly prioritises recycled mineral over new extraction.
true sustainability should reflect the need to continuously increase the proportion of mineral provided through re-use, recycling etc. Incorporating a requirement to promote or contribute to minerals obtained by methods that avoid irreversible consumption of resources could achieve this. The price of primary mineral is a key factor in the viability of recycling efforts. Releasing sites only when a certain proportion of supply is recycled and subject to condition that require the output to be matched by a certain proportion of recycled mineral are ways of achieving this ways and clearly prioritises recycled mineral over new extraction.