{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1997/2778",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Policies in relation to recycling targets and landfill reduction targets",
  "text": "The waste management plan must include policies in relation to preparing for re-use, recovery and recycling targets including—\n(a) measures to be taken to ensure that—\n(i) by 2025, the preparing for re-use and the recycling of municipal waste shall be increased to at least 55% by weight;\n(ii) by 2030, the preparing for re-use and the recycling of municipal waste shall be increased to at least 60% by weight; and\n(iii) by 2035, the preparing for re-use and the recycling of municipal waste shall be increased to at least 65% by weight; and\n(b) measures to be taken to ensure that the amount of municipal waste landfilled is reduced to 10% or less of the total amount of municipal waste generated (by weight) by 2035.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 substituted (18.12.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/285), regs. 1(1), 2(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/2778/schedule/3/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:15.100824+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}