5.6 Risks to Implementation

There are a range of risks that have been identified at both the nation level and local level which if realised could compromise the successful and timely implementation of the Area Waste Plan. These risks have been identified and are included in detail in Annex 6. 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.

As part of the Risk Management Strategy, the Lothian and Borders Waste Strategy Area Group will use the matrix in Annex 6 to inform the monitoring framework of the Area Waste Plan.