These Regulations, consisting of seven Sections and One Annex, establish conditions and make provisions in order to require local authorities to reduce their waste for disposal by means of recycling in accordance with graduated recycling targets as per the following timetable: at least 10% by December 1998, 15% by December 2000 and 25% by December 2007. The Director of a local authority is obliged to inform the Minister of the Environment about the quantity of waste that was generated by the loc