Stakeholders emphasised the need to ensure timely, effective delivery and implementation of the government’s initiatives. The Environmental Services Association wrote that tighter requirements to prevent criminals entering the sector “must be developed and pushed through with urgency”, while ADEPT also supports improving data to help expose rogue operators.29 Large waste company SUEZ wrote that new legislation needs to be supported by the resources to implement it effectively, including suffi...

Stakeholders emphasised the need to ensure timely, effective delivery and implementation of the government’s initiatives. The Environmental Services Association wrote that tighter requirements to prevent criminals entering the sector “must be developed and pushed through with urgency”, while ADEPT also supports improving data to help expose rogue operators.29 Large waste company SUEZ wrote that new legislation needs to be supported by the resources to implement it effectively, including sufficient monitoring and enforcement.30 NFU evidence made clear that improving user experience and willingness to report waste crime requires fundamental cha Type: conclusion | Number: 11 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 2a. PAC recommendation: Defra [and the agency] needs to explore the full range of potential solutions to data weaknesses, including for example satellite technology, and ensure successful delivery of existing initiatives to improve data; where these initiatives r