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Key Acronyms
AWP - Area Waste Plan
The National Waste Strategy: Scotland established 11 Waste Strategy
Area Groups. Each Group was charged with producing an Area Waste Plan
for that area. The Area Waste Plans are set out how waste arising, in
each area, will be managed based on the principles outlined in the National
Waste Strategy: Scotland.
BMW - Biodegradable Municipal Waste
Waste under the control of the Local Authority or its Agents which is
capable of undergoing anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as food
or garden waste and paper and cardboard, i.e. waste that rots. This
is generally accepted to be 60% of MSW.
BPEO - Best Practicable Environmental Option
The National Waste Strategy: Scotland 1999 defined the BPEO as the outcome
of a systematic and consultative decision-making procedure, which emphasises
the protection, and conservation of the environment across land, air
and water. The BPEO procedure establishes, for a given set of objectives,
the option that provides the most benefits or the least damage to the
environment as a whole, at acceptable cost, in the long term as well
as in the short term.
L&B
WSAG – Lothians and Borders Waste Strategy Area
Group
A key component of the National Waste Strategy: Scotland was the establishment
of 11 Area Waste Groups across Scotland. The groups are charged with
making the National Strategy a reality at a local level, developing
local solutions in response to local needs. The Lothian and Borders
Waste Strategy Area Group consists of the following partners:
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh & Lothians
- Scottish Enterprise Borders
- Business Environment Partnership
- Scottish Environmental Services Association
- Lothians and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership
- Scottish Waste Awareness Group
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
MSW – Municipal Solid Waste
Defined as household waste and any other wastes under the control of
the Local Authority, or its agents.
SWAG – Scottish Waste Awareness Group
This group has been tasked with planning and delivering public awareness
campaigns on domestic waste management throughout Scotland.
SWMBA – Strategic Waste Management Baseline Assessment
A comprehensive baseline assessment and profile of waste management
in an area. Examines waste arisings, waste management facilities and
capacities, imports and exports of waste, existing contract arrangements
and demographics such as population and household numbers.
N.B. – A full glossary of terms is presented in Annex
1.
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