Comment
Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Draft Waste Local Plan January 2022
Representation ID: 637
Received: 04/04/2022
Respondent: Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
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First reduce what is used at all, encourage less consumerism, before thinking about how to
solve the problem of waste.
Acting on climate change - encourage the efficient use of natural resources by promoting waste
as a resource, limit further impacts by avoiding damage to air quality, water, biodiversity or
soil, reduce the need to transport waste and accept that some change is inevitable and manage
this by making sure that all new waste facilities are designed and located to withstand the likely
impacts of flooding, higher temperatures and more frequent storms.
Thank you for consulting the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust (NWT) on the above. I apologise
for using this format of response, but the OPUS format is not straightforward to use for
responses to multiple sections and the insertion or highlighting of text. I have used bold italics
to suggest insertions of text and italics for your original text.
Overall NWT supports the principles of the Plan and we welcome the clear reiteration of the
need to move waste management urgently up the waste hierarchy. We would hope, however,
to see a stronger aim for further waste reduction and the obligation for each Local
Authority to secure ambitious waste reductions across all their work and areas of
influence.
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