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Definition of waste guidance Is it waste? - SEPA Guidance Supplementary Guidance to “Is it waste?" Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) guidance Guide to scheme articles, non-scheme articles and non-Scottish articles Guide to deposit labelling and signage Healthcare waste guidance Guidance for the storage and treatment of healthcare waste End-of-waste guidance Guidance on the Production of Fully Rec

Landfill is the disposal of waste which cannot be reused, recycled or recovered, into or onto land. It forms the lowest aspect of the European Waste Framework Directive’s waste hierarchy. The EU’s Landfill Directive aims to reduce the amount of waste to landfill by finding ways to recover value from waste and develop more sustainable management practices. Disposal to landfill is the least preferre

Sustainable urban drainage systems SUDS, or sustainable urban* drainage systems are a sequence of water management practices and facilities designed to drain surface water in a manner that will provide a more sustainable approach than what has been the conventional practice of routing run-off through a pipe to a watercourse. * The use of the word 'urban' is frequently omitted, but the meaning is s