Towards Zero Waste - One Wales: One Planet.

Towards Zero Waste - One Wales: One Planet (2010) is the new overarching waste strategy document for Wales. It sets out how the Welsh Assembly Government will build on the successes achieved through Wise About Waste - The National Waste Strategy for Wales (2002). It sets out a long term framework for resource efficiency and waste management between now and 2050. It identifies the outcomes that the government wish to achieve, sets high level targets and lays out the general approach to delivering these targets and other key actions. The key principles that underpin the strategy's approach are: protection of human health, polluter pays principle, precautionary principle, application of waste hierarchy, and proximity principle.
The key outcomes of Towards Zero Waste are: A Sustainable Environment, where the impact of waste in Wales is reduced to within our environmental limits by 2050; this outcome will be achieved through waste prevention and recycling. A Prosperous Society, with a sustainable, resource efficient economy. More ‘green jobs’ across a range of skill levels and increased profit for businesses. A Fair and Just Society, in which all citizens can achieve their full human potential and contribute to the wellbeing of Wales through actions on waste prevention, reuse and recycling.