Tayside Waste Strategy Area Group
The Waste Strategy Area Group has overall responsibility for implementing the Area Waste Plan (AWP) in Tayside. It was set up in April 2000 to:
- Develop the AWP for Tayside
- Steer implementation of the National Waste Strategy at a local level
- Take responsibility for the ongoing development of the AWP
- Monitor progress in implementing the AWP.
The WSAG meets regularly. Its members are:
Tayside Waste Strategy Area Coordinator
SEPA funds Waste Strategy Area Coordinators (WSACs) in each waste strategy area – Tayside has one WSAC.
The WSAC’s job is to:
- Co-ordinate the work of the Waste Strategy Area Group
- Ensure that national projects and initiatives are integrated into the Area Waste Plan and vice versa
- Report on the annual progress of AWP development.
- Co-ordinate and facilitate the participation of interested parties within the NWS process
Tayside Working Groups
Tayside Environmental Network (TEN) Steering Group
Tayside Community Recycling Forum
Tayside Strategic Option Appraisal Group
Waste Planning Sub Group
Waste Managers Sub Group
Elected Member Group
Elected Member Group was set up in 2002 to:
- Facilitate local authority joint working arrangements across Tayside
- Manage the extensive developments in council infrastructure
- Keep elected members informed of progress, risks and issues.
Waste Managers Sub Group was established in July 2002 to:
- Take the lead on the provision of municipal waste collection, treatment and disposal infrastructure in the area
- Ensure integration of waste management systems across Tayside
- Achieve the biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) diversion targets laid down by the Area Waste Plan.
Tayside Environmental Network (TEN) Steering Group was set up in February 2003 as a ‘one-stop-shop’ providing environmental information to Tayside businesses and organisations. TEN offers an online Resource Recovery and Environmental Support Directory. It also arranges focused breakfast meetings for local businesses and organisations to allow them to share experiences and to learn more about key environmental issues affecting their sector.
Tayside Community Recycling Forum
- Encourages partnership working between community recycling organisations and Local Authorities.
- Used as a vehicle for information provision - sharing best practice, inviting speakers from relevant agencies, innovative community recycling organisations to speak, funding / finance agencies etc.
- Acts as a sub-group to WSAGs - allows community sector representation at WSAGs and other sub-groups.
- Used as a way to deliver training ie. business planning.
- Allows networking opportunities.
Tayside Strategic Option Appraisal Group was set up in March 2004 to:
- Investigate options for waste processing facilities serving both the Tayside and
Fife
waste strategy areas
- Identify further best value and partnership working opportunities across the boundaries of the two areas.
Waste Planning Sub Group was established in June 2004 to improve the consistency of approach to delivering Area Waste Plan (AWP) objectives through planning at the local level. It works to:
- Raise awareness of the planning process with regard to the implementation of the AWP
- Advise on the land use implications of the Tayside AWP
- Improve liaison between local authority planners, waste managers and SEPA
- Identify best practice on development control issues
- Provide guidance and local plan policy on waste-related issues.
