1. Heather Barker Team Leader LATS The Environment Agency

2. Comparable measuring……

3. Headlines 2006-7 All 121 local authorities achieved their allocation
11,549,062 tonnes of BMW were landfilled
That’s 93% of the BMW landfilled in 2005/6

4. Headlines ……
10 Authorities landfilled 24,618 tonnes over their allocations and used trading
8 were Unitaries and 2 were WDAs
One borrowed from 2007/8

5. Regional Summary
North East – 6 Authorities bought allowances and there was a surplus of 19.8%
Both South East and West Midlands had the highest surplus at 26.2 %
North West region had the lowest surplus at 14.2 %

6. Trading for 2006/7 189,664 allowances were traded
Total value of trades was £3,352,244
22 different local authorities traded

7. Average price (£) per allowance
Trading summary
Number of trades
Period
Average price (£) per allowance 4
Before 31 March 2006
21.43 11
1 April 2006 – 31 March 2007
17.34 3
31 August – 30 September 2007
0.00
(total)
Average price £17.67

8. Where are we now?

10. Looking forward……

20. Final thoughts… 2005/6 BMW sent to landfill was 12,380,966 tonnes.
By 2009/10 BMW sent to landfill < 11,200,000 tonnes.
Landfill Directive targets won’t be met by trading alone