Powys Sustainable Resource Strategy

Powys Sustainable Resource Strategy (Waste and Recycling) 2025-2030

The Powys Sustainable Resource Strategy (Waste and Recycling) 2025-2030 (PDF, 900 KB) is a comprehensive plan aimed at creating a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable future for Powys and our future generations. This strategy builds on the significant progress made in waste reduction and recycling over the past decade and addresses the ongoing challenges posed by the global climate crisis alongside other national and local drivers for change.

The five main key aims of the strategy are:

• Reduce, Reuse, Repair: Prevent waste generation, extend product lifespans, and promote a circular economy.
• Recycling: Achieve and exceed the Welsh Government's 70% statutory recycling target.
• Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs): Increase recycling and reuse rates at HWRCs.
• Awareness and Enforcement: Improve how waste is managed and reduce illegal activities like fly-tipping.
• Infrastructure: Develop and maintain infrastructure to support increased recycling and decarbonisation.

Through a 12-week public engagement exercise, we gathered the views of our residents, members, partner organisations and Powys workplaces and used their feedback help develop this final, comprehensive strategy. We will continue to keep the views of our stakeholders in mind and commit to engage with them again, where appropriate, when making future decisions on service provision across Powys.

By implementing the actions within the strategy, we aim to work collaboratively with the communities of Powys to reduce waste, promote reuse and repair, increase recycling.

Together we will reduce our environmental impact, lower our carbon footprint, move towards a sustainable circular economy where resources are valued and not discarded, and ensure a greener future for all.