Influence Scottish Executive and SEPA future strategies on the Sustainable Management of Waste from Business and Public Sector Organisations in Scotland. Attend a local consultation workshop:

• Date: 2nd November 2005
• Venue: Dudhope Castle, Barrack Road, Dundee,  DD3 6HF 

Fax to: 01738 630 997

email: enquiries@tayside-environmental-network.org.uk

Attention of: Emma Taylor (nee Baillie)

Environment Minister Ross Finnie launched a consultation on the sustainable management of waste from business and public sector organisations. To provide you with an opportunity to influence this work the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), in partnership with Tayside Environmental Network (TEN), would like to invite you to attend a local consultation workshop.  

This is an opportunity for you to highlight the barriers to reducing and recycling your business’s waste. The day will consist of focused workshops based on the questions outlined in the consultation paper.  The day will also provide an excellent networking opportunity, with delegates ranging from business of all sizes to local authorities and business support organisations. Your views will directly affect the outputs of the consultation.    To register for the event please return the fax back form or email your details and workshop choices to: enquiries@tayside-environmental-network.org.uk

Outline of the consultation:

The consultation paper consolidates, for the first time, information on the wastes produced. It provides stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the issues and to influence the direction of a Commercial and Industrial Waste Plan for Scotland".

The consultation paper considers the following main issues:

• Data: the paper discusses the need for better waste data.
• National Best Practice Projects: SEPA have carried out a number of National Best Practice Projects, looking at waste arisings in specific waste streams (eg batteries) and producing recommendations on best practice. The consultation asks how National Best Practice Project Work should be taken forward.
• Issues for business waste producers: the paper discusses issues for business waste producers, such as a lack of awareness of recycling facilities.
• The infrastructure needed to treat business wastes: a key issue here is to ensure that the land-use planning system deals effectively with proposals and applications for waste infrastructure.
• Use of advice and conditions to drive waste minimisation and recycling: the consultation asks whether planning or licensing conditions could be used to further waste minimisation and targets.
• Targets: the paper discusses possible targets for business waste. It notes that data would have to be improved and that there would have to be further consultation with affected industries.
• Use of Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) regime: the paper discusses whether PPC conditions could be used further as a way of promoting waste minimisation.
• Landfill bans: the paper asks whether materials could be banned from going to landfill, on the grounds that there is a good recycling market for them.

The consultation is available on the following weblink: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/08/05101728/17300

A Background Paper has also been produced to provide supplementary information to the issues raised in the consultation.  This can be found on SEPA’s NWS Web Site  http://www.sepa.org.uk/nws/business/national_consult.htm

Or from

Kirstie Macfarlane
Scottish Executive
Environment and Rural Affairs Department
SEPA Sponsorship and Waste Division
Area 1-J (North)
Victoria Quay
EDINBURGH
EH6 6QQ

Fax: 0131 244 0245

Email: BusinessWasteConsultation@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Tayside Environmental Network look forward to receiving your registration for the consultation event.

Closing date for registration: 24th October 2005