{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/988",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Purposes etc. of waste prevention programmes",
  "text": "The appropriate authority must ensure that a waste prevention programme—\n(a) is compatible with the objectives in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1;\n(aa) includes one or more programmes of food waste prevention measures;\n(b) has as its purpose a contribution towards breaking the link between economic growth and the environmental impacts associated with the generation of waste;\n(c) is expressed in writing and—\n(i) sets out the objectives of the programme and a description of existing waste prevention measures and their contribution to waste prevention; ...\n(ii) if it is integrated into a waste management plan or other programme, clearly identifies the programme's waste prevention measures;\n(iii) sets out at least the waste prevention measures listed in Schedule 1, Part 5; and\n(iv) where relevant, describes the contribution of instruments listed in Schedule 1, Part 6 to waste prevention.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(aa) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(c)(i) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5(c) omitted (1.10.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 5(c)(iii)(iv) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(b)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/988/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:22.497788+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."
}