The Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) is the UK Government's response to the package of strategic measures recommended by the Strategy Unit "Waste Not, Want Not" report published in 2002. The WIP is Defra's route map to delivering the action required to meet the UK's legally binding targets under Article Five of the EU Landfill Directive

Landfill Directive

The Landfill Directive, more formally Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, is a European Union directive issued by the European Union to be implemented by its member states....

 related to reducing levels of biodegradable waste

Biodegradable waste

Biodegradable waste is a type of waste, typically originating from plant or animal sources, which may be degraded by other living organisms. Waste that cannot be broken down by other living organisms are called non-biodegradable....

 that are landfill

Landfill

A landfill site , is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment...

ed.

The UK's targets are:

• By 2010 reduce biodegradable municipal waste landfilled to 75% of that produced in 1995
• By 2013 reduce biodegradable municipal waste landfilled to 50% of that produced in 1995
• By 2020 reduce biodegradable municipal waste landfilled to 35% of that produced in 1995