Resources and Waste Strategy: Difference between revisions

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== Chapter 1 - Sustainable Production==

This chapter aims to promote the extension of products' lives through repair, reuse and remanufacture and to encourage consumers to recycle the materials that the products contain and to then dispose of them in the most environmentally sensitive way<ref name="RWS" />.

The chapter sets out how the [[DEFRA|government]] aims to<ref name="RWS" />:

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* manage chemicals sustainably and address barriers to reuse and recycling posed by their use, through a Chemicals Strategy

* develop a model for realising resource efficiency savings, working with businesses through ‘resource efficiency clusters’

==Chapter 2 - Helping consumers take more considered actions==

This chapter discusses how the [[DEFRA|government]] aims to help consumers choose and use more sustainable products, including how to extend the lives of products through repair, reuse and remanufacture and to encourage consumers to recycle the materials that the products contain and to then dispose of them in the most environmentally sensitive way<ref name="RWS" />.

The chapter sets out how the [[DEFRA|government]] aims to<ref name="RWS" />:

* incentivise consumers to purchase sustainably

* provide consumers with better information on the sustainability of their purchases

* ban plastic products where there is a clear case for it and alternatives exist

* address barriers to reuse

* support the market for remanufactured goods

* encourage appropriate disposal of used products

* lead by example though procurement and the Greening Government Commitments

==References==