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All operators holding a Waste Management Licence and some site operators holding a Pollution Prevention and Control permit are required to submit waste data returns to SEPA on a quarterly or annual basis.  Late submission or submissions of poor quality data may affect compliance scores. Reporting periods and submission deadlines Quarter Reporting Period Deadline for submission to SEPA

Who is reviewing the scheme? The scheme is being reviewed by the RWA Approval Board that is made up of the four UK environment agencies: the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and representatives from the nuclear and non-nuclear industries. Why are we reviewing the scheme? We published the Environment

SEPA is responsible for reporting national waste statistics to the Scottish Government and European Union among others. As regulator, SEPA also has a duty to assess whether waste management sites comply with the conditions of their licence or permit. To do this, SEPA collects and verifies data from a number of sources, mainly: Operators of all licensed and most permitted waste management sites Op

Publication When reported When published Household waste summary data and text, pre-release access list and quality report 2024 28th October 2025 Household waste summary data and text, pre-release access list and quality report 2023 29th October 2024 Household waste summary data and textHousehold waste summary data 2022 17th October Pre-release access list 2022 17th October Household

Publication Reporting year When published Business waste data 2021 2021 June 2023 Business waste data 2018 2018 July 2020 Business waste data 2017 Methodology 2017 2017 May 2019 Business waste data 2016 Methodology 2016 2016 July 2018 Business waste data 2015 Methodology 2015 2015 Sept 2017 Business waste data 2014Methodology 2014 2014   Business waste data 2013Methodolog

Waste from all sources Discover Data toolLast updated: 15th July 2025 Household Waste Discover Data toolLast updated: 28th October 2025 This page presents data and information on the types and quantities of waste generated and managed across Scotland. The Scotland’s Environment Waste Discover Data tool presents waste from all sources, i.e. from households, the construction and demolition sector, a

Statutory waste data returns, collected and quality assured by SEPA’s Dataflows Unit, are used for the following purposes: Check compliance with the authorisation. Fulfil SEPA’s statutory and non-statutory reporting obligations.  Respond to relevant data enquiries and requests for information. Following a waste data consultation which ran from September to October 2019, some additional non-

Some of the reporting carried out by the Dataflows Unit is given below.  Publication Latest reporting year Publication frequency Driver Next publication due Waste from all sources Discover Data tool  2023 Annual 1 March 2027* Waste from all sources - data and quality report 2023 Annual 1 March 2027* Household Waste Discover Data tool 2024 Annua

Guidance and forms for operators of material recycling facilities who need to submit their waste data returns Quarter  Reporting period  Date for submission to SEPA 1 1 January - 31 March 30 April 2 1 April - 30 June 31 July 3 1 July - 30 September 31 October 4 1 October - 31 December 31 January Material facilities (MF) are required to comply with the Materials Recovery Code. The code sets out sampling and reporting requirements for in scope materials facilities. Material facilitie

Links Acronyms and abbreviations Glossary of terms European Waste Catalogue – for coding waste NACE and SIC codes Recovery and Disposal codes* Scottish Government guidance on applying the waste hierarchy Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) areas(14kb) Waste strategy areas(86kb) *Recovery and Disposal codes Waste management activities are classed as recovery (R) or disposal (D