UK seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Kyoto commitments the country has already reduced emissions by 12.5% compared with 1990, and plans to reach 20% in 2010. It is planned that by 2015, 33% of household waste will be recycled or used as fertilizer. Between 1999 and 2000, recycling of household waste has increased from 8.8% to 10.3%.
Britain ratified the following international agreements on the protection of the environment as air pollution (nitrogen oxides, sulfur and organic compounds) on the protection of the natural environment of Antarctica on conservation of marine resources of Antarctica, the Antarctic Treaty on Biodiversity UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol on desertification hazardous waste at sea convention banning nuclear weapons tests on the protection of whales and others.