Friday 26 July 2013

ADEPT warns on infrastructure

I see via Lets Recycle that ADEPT is warning that Defra shouldn't have cut waste infrastructure credits at some local authority projects.

Coincidentally I am sure, ADEPT's current President also happens to be strategic advisor to Cheshire West and Chester which was of course one of the projects to have its funding removed.

My personal view is that if ONS projections for population growth are correct, then it is likely that this factor will dominate a continuing fall in arisings per head in forthcoming years (second half of this decade) leading to a (relatively small) rise in total household arisings by 2020.

The crucial factor though will be whether we are able to deliver the PPP/PFI projects which are yet to be built. Progress is painfully slow in closing remaining projects and ADEPT is right to flag up that if the pace doesn't quicken then there really is a possibility that we could miss the targets.

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