'Squandering' Scots under fire

28 February 2007
 
A plan to reverse the amount of household waste by 2010 and stop people from ‘squandering’ valuable resources in Scotland has been released this week.
The Household Waste Prevention Action Plan, written by the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), aims to cut the amount of domestic waste by 250,000t over the next three years.
Through increased awareness, the proposals could reduce food waste by 35,000t, save 18,000t by cutting unwanted mail by 10%, save 34,000t by recycling, and encourage home composting to divert 71,000t from the landfill. The executive and SEPA will work with councils, community groups and retailers to inform people about how to stop creating rubbish.
‘Scotland squanders too many valuable resources. Every household produces over one tonne of waste a year and that’s still growing every year by around 1.5% to 2%. We all need to learn to live within our environmental means,’ environment minister, Ross Finnie, said.
After undertaking consultation on waste prevention last year, the executive and SEPA selected 20 action points which outline what is achievable for Scotland, and what can be quantified in tonnage.
The plan proposes that the executive and SEPA review the existing Controlled Waste Regulations 1992, which allow charges to be made by local authorities for the collection of specific types of household waste.
The executive will also discuss further the role of incentives in recycling and waste prevention with local authorities, and provide advice to local authorities on the size of residual bins and the frequency of residual collections.

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