The National Waste Plan 2003

The National Waste Plan 2003

Contents

	Ministerial Foreword
	SEPA Foreword
	Executive Summary
1.	The National Waste Plan for Scotland
1.1	Objectives
1.2	The National Waste Strategy: Scotland 1999
1.3	Format of the Plan
2.	Development of the National Waste Plan
2.1	Strategic Principle
2.1.1	The Waste Hierarchy
2.1.2	Proximity and Self-Sufficiency
2.1.3	Polluter Pays
2.1.4	Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO)
2.2	Statutory Requirements
2.3	Interim Targets for Scotland
3.	Current Arrangements for Municipal Waste
3.1	Municipal Waste Arisings
3.2	Current Management of Municipal Waste in Scotland
3.3	Current Municipal Waste Infrastructure and Activity
3.4	Costs and Revenues
4.	The Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) for Municipal Waste
4.1	Introduction
4.2	Future Arisings of Municipal Waste
4.3	Planned Outcomes
4.4	Delivering These Planned Outcomes
4.4.1	Waste Prevention
4.4.2	Recycling
4.4.3	Composting
4.4.4	Other Recovery Technologies
4.4.5	Landfill
4.4.6	Other Actions
4.4.7	Infrastructure Requirements
4.5	Environmental and Other Benefits
4.5.1	Environmental Benefits
4.5.2	Other Benefits
4.6	Costs
5.	Non-municipal Waste
5.1	Introduction
5.2	Types and Quantities of Non-municipal Waste
5.3	Priority Waste Stream Projects
5.4	Improving the Future Management of Non-municipal Waste
5.4.1	Waste Data
5.4.2	Producer Behaviour
5.4.3	National Technical Guidance
5.4.4	BPEO Assessment Methodology
5.4.5	Special/Hazardous Waste
5.5	Landfill of Non-municipal Wastes
6.	Making it Happen - The Action Plan
6.1	Introduction
6.2	Key Steps in Implementation of the National Waste Plan
6.3	Engaging the Scottish Public
6.3.1	Do a Little, Change a Lot (DALCAL)
6.3.2	Waste Aware Scotland Team (WAST)
6.3.3	The Scottish Waste Awareness Group
6.3.4	RAGS and the Community Recycling Network for Scotland
6.3.5	Eventful Scotland
6.4	Land Use Planning
6.5	Facilitating Change
6.5.1	Partnerships and Stakeholder Roles
6.5.2	Recycling Market Development
6.5.3	Public Procurement
6.5.4	Controlling the Environmental Impacts of Waste Management
6.5.5	Waste Data
6.5.6	Research and Development (R&D)
6.6	Non-municipal Waste - Delivering Change
6.6.1	Landfill Tax
6.6.2	Waste Minimisation Initiatives
6.6.3	Producer Responsibility
6.7	Next Steps and Monitoring Progress
6.7.1	Managing the Change
6.7.2	Keeping Stakeholders Informed - A Web based Activities Framework
6.7.3	Monitoring and Reviewing Area Waste Plans and the National Waste Plan
7.	Looking to the Future
7.1	Towards a Resource-efficient Economy
7.2	The Global, European and Scottish Context for Sustainable Resource Use
7.2.1	World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) – Johannesburg, 2002: Programme of Action
7.2.2	The EC 6th Environmental Action Programme (EAP)
7.2.3	The Scottish Executive’s Sustainable Development Policies and Resource Use
7.3	Emerging Concepts in the Sustainable Use of Resources
7.3.1	Resource Flow Analysis and Eco Footprinting
7.3.2	Clean Technology and Clean Production
7.3.3	Zero Waste
7.3.4	Extended Producer Responsibility and Consumer Responsibility
7.4	Next Steps
	Annex A - BPEOs
	Orkney and Shetland Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Western Isles Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Highland Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	North East Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Tayside Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Forth Valley Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Fife Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Lothian and Borders Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Ayr, Dumfries and Galloway Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Glasgow and Clyde Valley Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Argyll and Bute Waste Strategy Area Municipal Waste BPEO
	Annex B - Glossary and Acronyms
	Glossary
	Acronyms