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Lothian & Borders: Area Waste Plan As part of the National Waste Strategy: Scotland, each Waste Strategy Area has gone through a process which has resulted in the formulation of an Area Waste Plan. This Area Waste Plan is the way in which the Waste Strategy Area plan to deal with its waste in order to meet the targets set out in the EC Landfill Directive and to develop more sustainable methods of waste management. Following is a short summary of the process that was undergone in Lothian & Borders: Having consulted the public on the waste management options available to Lothian and Borders, the Best Practicable Environmental Option was then determined. This was based on:
The consultation process included 1,250 face-to-face interviews carried out around the area. 250 surveys were carried out in each of the five local authority areas that make up this Waste Strategy Area (East, West and Mid Lothian, Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders). By 2020, Municipal Solid Waste in Lothian and Borders could increase by 60% to nearly 900,000 tonnes if there is no change in our "throw-away culture". The main components of the Draft Area Waste Plan are:
Lothian and Borders aims to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. March 2003: The Area Waste Plan After asking the public what they thought of the draft Area Waste Plan, the final version has been published. Some of it's specific targets are:
If you would like to read the plan, please click here to download it from SEPA's website.
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