As stated earlier the core strategy must inform and be informed by the development needs of the MWMS. The MWMS may deal with both municipal waste and other wastes that could be treated in facilities financed through municipal waste contracts. Waste managers and planners will need to take a project planning approach to establish where they can work together in terms of community engagement on options, explaining technologies and consulting on the Strategic Environmental Assessment/Sustainability Appraisal (SEA/SA).
What are the benefits of joint working?
• Optimises use of staff time and resources.
• Minimises the potential for consultation fatigue by arranging for community involvement, stakeholder participation and SEA/SA initiatives to be undertaken simultaneously.
• An increased understanding between waste management, planning colleagues and members of the public in the delivery of sustainable waste management. PPS 10 requires the waste core strategy of the WPA "to inform and in turn be informed by" the MWMS.
• Reduces the risk of developing municipal waste options which are inconsistent with the spatial strategy for an area and which would thereby increase the risk of not obtaining planning permissions.
• Co-ordination of monitoring and ensuring that the data used in the MWMS and any DPD are consistent with one another.