3.12 Future Development and Site-Specific Proposals

The BPEO for MSW in Western Isles has been chosen with regard to a given set of assumptions and with currently available methods and technologies. It is accepted that changes in legislation, technology or knowledge may mean the chosen BPEO could be superseded. To allow for future developments or proposals not included in the plan, BPEO will be kept under review and may be superseded by valid proposals that can be shown to provide an alternative (or equivalent) BPEO. The WSAG will consider evaluating relevant waste management proposals for an improved BPEO as they arise.

The options included in the BPEO evaluation are generic and, for the most part, not site-specific. Hence sitespecific development proposals that arise both inside and outside the borders of the Waste Strategy Area are valid and may satisfy or improve the agreed BPEO.