The Environment Ministry of UK Government proposes to work with businesses to help them reduce their waste and increase recycling through voluntary responsibility deals.
Working with businesses puts in place voluntary responsibility deals on waste and will remove the need for further regulation and lead to less waste and more recycling with the added benefits of businesses saving money and helping to protect the environment.
Environment Minister Lord Henley said that both large and small businesses should try to do the right thing with waste and recycling.
Lord Henley appreciated the work carried out under existing voluntary agreements such as the Courtauld commitment on grocery retail packaging and food waste, as a model for what can be achieved in the future.
Working with businesses, the voluntary responsibility deals on waste will look to deliver change that works for businesses and their customers. By encouraging competition between signatories to achieve the outcomes and stimulate growth and innovation the changes can be delivered cost effectively.
“A number of sectors were under consideration for possible voluntary responsibility deals in the future, and that there would be close cooperation and active partnership with the businesses and sectors concerned in developing the deals,” Henley added.