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Paragraph 1 Overall objective

United Kingdom

To protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing F1the generation of waste and the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste and by reducing overall impacts of resource use and improving the efficiency of such use.

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Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 15(10)(a)(i)