The EU strategy on waste has developed into the concept of the ‘hierarchy of waste management’ (Sustainable Development 1994; Making Waste Work 1995; Waste Not Want Not 2002). The hierarchy was originally developed through the aims of the original 1975 Waste Framework Directive which encouraged, waste reduction, re-use and recovery with disposal as the least desirable option. The hierarchy was formally adopted in the 1989 EU Community Strategy for waste Management (Gervais 2002(b)). A more detailed version of the hierarchy has also been proposed (Figure 1.1, Waste Not Want Not 2002).