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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the objectives of the Recycling and Organics Technical Advisory Team are; who the members of the team are; how they were selected; and if she will make a statement. [125130] Mr. Morley: In accordance with the recommendations of the Strategy Unit, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will be taking forward a kerbside recycling best practise programme. This programme will include the development of a Recycling and Organics Technical Advisory Team (ROTATE) whose objective will be to provide a national centre of excellence available as an advisory service to local authorities needing to implement and improve kerbside recycling, with some emphasis on organics collection systems and complementary support on Civic Amenity and bring site development. The ROTATE team will be made up of a combination of in-house staff at WRAP and specialist external advisors. Staff recruitment is currently under way for the ROTATE Team Manager, and specialist advisors will be appointed through a competitive process, drawing on a range of appropriate expertise from the United Kingdom and overseas.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

125130; 409 c853-4W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Advisory services Domestic waste Local government Membership Public appointments Recycling Waste management Waste WRAP Recycling and organics technical advisory team

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