DID YOU KNOW?
Welsh households
recycled approximately
1
/
3

of their
waste in 2008/09.
Abandoned tyres
Our investigations into illegal waste activity led to
Looking ahead
several successful prosecutions. In a landmark case
for Environment Agency Wales, a scrap metal dealer We will work with the Welsh Assembly Government and
operating without a waste management licence was others to produce plans for each waste sector to achieve the
convicted of money laundering and ordered to pay recycling and waste reduction targets set within the Wales
almost £190,000. Two people were also convicted for Waste Strategy.
abandoning 200,000 tyres in warehouses which posed
a great risk of fire to the local community.
We want everyone to understand how and why we
regulate and manage waste in Wales. At Trecatti landfill site
near Merthyr Tydfil we sent newsletters and set up drop-in
sessions with site managers and local residents informing
them of developments at the site. As a result, the number
of complaints reduced from 665 in 2007 to 103 in 2008.
We worked with the Welsh Assembly Government to
develop a new waste strategy for Wales challenging
all sectors to recycle 70 per cent of their waste by 2025
and achieve zero waste by 2050.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Since 1990 our regulation has reduced
methane emissions from landfill sites
by 37,500 tonnes.
Cymraeg
Environment Agency Wales Annual Review 2008/9
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