The National Waste Plan

• The National Waste Plan 2003
  
  
  

The National Waste Strategy

• National Waste Strategy 1999
  
  
• NWS : Supporting Guidance
  
  
• NWS : Best Practicable Environmental Option 
  
  
• BPEO Compliance Assessment Form
  
  
• Compliance testing of SOCs
  
  

Area Waste Plans

• Area Waste Plans (2003)
  
  
• Draft Area Waste Plans & Options/Issues Papers
  
  
• NWS Integration Report (pdf: 212kb) ( 6 Dec 2002 )
  
  
• Area Waste Plan Aggregation and Integration Progress Report ( 14 May 2002 )
  
  
  

Annual Waste Updates

• Waste Update 2007-08
• Waste Update 2006-07
  
  
  

Area Waste Annual Progress Reports

• AWP Annual Reports 2006/2007 and Action Plans for 2007/2008
  
• AWP Annual Reports 2005/2006
  
• AWP Annual Reports 2004/2005
  
• AWP Annual Reports 2003/2004
  
  
  

Additional Resources

Guidance & Legislation

• Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Waste Management Options in Scotland - 162k pdf
  
  
• National Best Practice Projects (NBPP)
  
  
• Landfill Directive related guidance and regulations
  
  
• Waste Management guidance and regulations
  
  
• SEPA Guidelines for Thermal Treatment of Municipal Waste (pdf -335k)
  
  
• Analysis of responses to energy from waste guidelines consultation (pdf - 180k)
  
  
• The Composting Industry Code of Practice (CICOP)
  
  
• Planning related guidance and publications
  
  
• Scottish Legislation (HMSO)
  
  
• UK Acts and Regulations
  
  
• EC Directives
  
  
• Pollution Prevention Guidance notes (PPG)
  
  
• Additional Waste related guidance
  
  
• NetRegs - guidance for small to medium business on
  environmental legislation
  
  
  

Reports & Additional Information

• Landfill Capacity Scotland
  
  
• Report on Co-utilization of Rockdust, Mineral Fines and Compost
  
  
• Report on The Level Of Composting Activity In Scotland 2004
  
  
• Public Attitudes to Reduce, Re-use and Recycle in Scotland
  2002 (SWAG)
  
  
• Building a Sustainable Scotland (Scottish Executive, 2002)
  
  
• Building a Better Scotland (Scottish Executive, 2002)
  
  
• Public Attitudes to the environment in Scotland (commissioned
  by the Scottish Executive, 2002)
  
  
• Waste Not, Want Not - A strategy for tackling the waste
  problem in England (Strategy Unit, 2002)
  
  
• 6th Environmental Action Programme: Thematic Strategy on the
  Sustainable Use of Resources
  
  
• Good Neighbour Agreement: Demanding environmental justice in
  our backyards (Friends of the Earth Scotland, 2000)
  
  
• SEPA publications