To approve the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Herefordshire and Worcestershire which has been drafted by the Joint Members' Waste Forum for Herefordshire and the County and Districts of Worcestershire. 

THAT the Pre-Consultation Draft of the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy be endorsed.

In May 2000 the Government published "Waste Strategy 2000" which set out a vision for sustainable waste management, and the steps by which it can be achieved.  Waste Strategy 2000 underlines the importance of having a fully integrated waste management system based on active partnerships between local authorities.  The framework for these partnerships is the development of a Municipal Waste Management Strategy.

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