3.4 Performance Targets

The Landfill Directive requirement to divert BMW from landfill must be met. This requirement is implicit in the BPEO for Tayside. In order to achieve the BPEO, the three local authorities collectively will have to meet the overall targets set out in Figure 3.4 over.

In order to create a level playing field, each of the three Tayside local authorities will require, as a minimum, to meet the specific targets in Table 3.4 over. These targets will be reviewed on a 5-year cycle.

Table 3.5 over demonstrates that the BPEO delivers the necessary diversion of BMW from landfill by showing that for each of the target years, the amount of BMW to landfill is less than the maximum allowed (see Table 2.2).

Figure 3.4 - Indicative BPEO Targets

- percentages are of the total amount of MSW
- The 2001 figures are year April 2000 to March 2001 and from SEPA Local Authority Waste Arisings Survey.

Figure 3.4 shows the target proportions of MSW arising in Tayside, requiring to be recycled, composted, combusted in an energy from waste plant or ultimately landfilled in order to achieve the BPEO and Landfill Diversion Targets and which contribute to the 25% recycling and composting national target by 2006. Figures are given for each of the Landfill Directive target years (2010, 2013 and 2020) with the base year of 2001 shown to illustrate the change required from current waste management. These targets require to be met collectively by the partnership working of the three Tayside local authorities.

The percentage shown for energy from waste (EfW) reflects the total tonnage of waste entering the combustion chamber of the plant. The recycling percentage does not include any ash produced by DERL and subsequently recycled. The landfill percentage does not include any ash produced by DERL and subsequently landfilled.

Bottom ash from DERL is however currently recycled and would contribute approximately 6% to the recycling figure. This is considered to be ‘secondary’ recycling and is therefore not included in the recycling target in Figure 3.4.

Table 3.4 - Local Authority Minimum Targets

Table 3.4 sets out the minimum targets for recycling and composting to be achieved by each local authority. In order to achieve the overall targets set out in Figure 3.4, one or more of the local authorities will require to exceed the minimum recycling and composting targets. Again, the recycling rate in Table 3.4 does not include recycling of ash from DERL.

These targets along with the targets arising from the BPEO decisions of the ten other AWPs will inform the development of national targets for Scotland which are expected to be published in 2003.

Table 3.5 - BMW to landfill vs. Landfill Directive targets

Table 3.5 confirms that the Tayside BPEO will ensure compliance with the BMW targets in the Landfill Directive.