3.11 Risks to Implementation

There is a range of risks that have been identified at both the national level and local level which if realised could compromise the successful and timely implementation of the AWP. These risks have been identified examples of such risks include:

• reliance on significant cultural change;

• failure to secure adequate funding;

• lack of partnership working and limitations in public procurement;

• failure of recycling markets to meet the needs of increased material collections;

• gaps and uncertainties in data projections and underestimation of infrastructure required;

• failure of national supporting projects to deliver outcomes, e.g. packaging regulations, Waste Aware Scotland, WRAP and ReMaDe.

The action plan (Annex 2) aims to address these issues.