Project publications

Reports, tools and resources

Follow the links to published LIFE SMART Waste project reports:

Online capacity building (Actions B1-B2 & B9)

Tools, Approaches & Techniques (Actions B3-B8)

Additional project resources

The following project resources are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:

  • B3 Competitive Intelligence – The Basics v2.0
  • B3 Competitive Behaviours Toolkit
  • B5 (B10) Waste Crime Indicators Toolkit v4.0
  • B6 Guidance for use of the Financial Risk Qualitative Screening Tool v1.0
  • B6 Financial Risk Assessment - Qualitative Screening Tool
  • B6 Guidance for use of the Quantitative financial risk assessment tool v1.0
  • B6 Financial Risk Assessment - Quantitative Assessment Tool
  • B8 Pilot 1: Indicators of ground activity - Remote Sensing Tools developed during a Live Case v1.0
  • B8 Pilot 1: Indicators of ground activity - Remote Sensing Tools developed during a Live Case - User Guide
  • B8 Pilot 2: Waste Detection Utility using Earth Observation - User Guide
  • B8 Pilot 2: Using Remote Sensing (RS) approaches to detect waste materials: Software User Manual v1.0
  • B8 Pilot 2: Using Remote Sensing (RS) approaches to detect waste materials: Final Evaluation Report: Waste Tyres, Plastics & Silage v4.0
  • B8 Pilot 4: Detection of Unknown Waste Sites using Remote Sensing (RS) Techniques Final Report v1.0
  • B8 Pilot 4: Detection of Unknown Waste Sites Using Remote Sensing (RS) Techniques: Workflow Guidance for application of waste crime mapping tools v1.0
  • B8 Pilot 4: Detection of Unknown Waste Sites by remote sensing techniques – Application of waste crime mapping tools – User Guide

To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:

  1. Full name;
  2. Title/position;
  3. Organisation;
  4. Contact telephone number;
  5. The specific name of the resource(s) requested.

Investigations & Intelligence (Actions B10-B11)

Additional project resources

The following project resources are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:

  • B10 Strategic Assessment Emerging Criminal Trends in Europe following China's plastic waste import restrictions v2.0
  • B10 Guidance for Open Source investigative techniques for use by environmental regulators v1.0
  • B11 Intelligence Report 2 – Vulnerability Study Waste Tyres v1.0
  • B11 Intelligence Report 3 – Waste Haulier involvement in cross-border criminality (UK) v1.0
  • B11 Intelligence Report 4 - Vulnerability Study Waste Brokers v1.0

To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:

  1. Full name;
  2. Title/position;
  3. Organisation;
  4. Contact telephone number;
  5. The specific name of the resource(s) requested.

Interventions (Actions B12-B15)

Additional project resources

The following project resources are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:

  • B14 Interventions Design Manual v4.0
  • B14 Guidance for managers to run Intervention Design workshops v2.0
  • B14 iDEPEND Guide for EU LIFE SMART Waste Project. v1.0
  • B15 Intervention Bundle 3 - Waste Brokers involvement in illegal handling of waste v1.0

To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:

  1. Full name;
  2. Title/position;
  3. Organisation;
  4. Contact telephone number;
  5. The specific name of the resource(s) requested.

 

Policy & legislative recommendation reports (Action B16)

The following recommendation reports are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:

  • B16 Policy and legislative recommendation report Scotland v3.0
  • B16 Policy and legislative recommendation report UK v3.0
  • B16 Policy and legislative recommendation report EU Member States v3.0

To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:

  1. Full name;
  2. Title/position;
  3. Organisation;
  4. Contact telephone number;
  5. The specific name of the resource(s) requested.

Dissemination (Actions D1-D9)

Project Management (Actions E1-E3)

Project e-newsletters

Follow the links to the project's e-newsletters:

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Videos

Follow the links to all LIFE SMART Waste videos, the project's Final Conference videos or the selected links below:

 LIFE SMART Waste project progress Multi-agency action to 'Drive out waste crime', 2018
'Drive out waste crime' campaign, 2018 Crimestoppers social media campaign, 2018
 

Digital brochures

Follow the links below to the project's digital brochures:

Issue 1 (September 2015) - Background information Issue 2 (July 2017) - Project progress Issue 3 (May 2020) - Results & recommendations
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Supporting information

Follow the links below to materials published in support of the LIFE SMART Waste project:

LSW infographic (2019)

Infographic (2019)

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Infographic flyer (2017)

LSW logo

 

LIFE SMART Waste logo (PNG image) 

LSW logo guidelines

Logo guidelines
LSW waste crime e-leaflet 2018

Waste crime information leaflet (2018):

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Waste crime information leaflet (2016)

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Project summary (May 2015):

 

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, SEPA holds the copyright for the information published. For further details, including guidelines for copying and reproduction without formal permission, please refer to SEPA's Guide to information and Terms and conditions of use of data.