Sch 1 para 6 General policies in relation to waste and litter
As appropriate and taking into account the geographical level and geographical area to which the plan relates, provisions relating to— (a) the type, quantity and source of waste generated within the territory, the waste likely to be shipped from or to the United Kingdom, and an evaluation of the development of waste streams in the future; (b) existing major disposal and recovery installations, including any special arrangements for waste oils, hazardous waste, waste containing significant amounts of critical raw materials or waste streams addressed by specific legislation; (c) an assessment of the need for closure of existing waste installations, and for additional waste installation infrastructure in accordance with the objective in paragraph 4; (d) an assessment of the investments and other financial means, including for local authorities, required to meet the needs identified following the assessment in sub-paragraph (c); (e) an assessment of existing waste collection schemes, including the material and territorial coverage of separate collection and measures to improve their operation, of any exceptions to the requirement for waste to be subject to separate collection and of the need for new collection schemes; (f) sufficient information on the location criteria for site identification and on the capacity of future disposal or major recovery installations, if necessary; (g) general waste management policies, including planned waste management technologies and methods, or policies for waste posing specific management problems; (h) measures to combat and prevent all forms of littering and to clean up litter; (i) appropriate qualitative or quantitative indicators and targets, including on the quantity of generated waste and its treatment and on municipal waste that is disposed of or subject to energy recovery.