Changes to waste management services
Overview
The Scottish Government is launching the Changes to Waste Management Consultation and the Call for Evidence (CfE) on the potential extension of the upcoming ban on landfilling biodegradable municipal waste.
The first of these consultation topics is a review of the rural food waste exemption that permits local authorities not to collect food waste from locations classified as being rural if collections are not economically viable. We want to know if the exemption, which has existed since 2012, is still the right approach given the importance of food waste recycling for reducing carbon emissions.
The second consultation topic will consider the approach to collection of textiles in Scotland. Textiles are not routinely recycled in Scotland and only make up around 4% of waste by weight. However, they contribute around 32% of the carbon emissions from household waste collected in Scotland. The consultation will ask for views on how we can prevent textiles becoming waste through more recycling and reuse, including whether kerbside collection would be beneficial or if additional measures could be taken at Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Launching with the consultations is the Call for Evidence (CfE) on the potential extension of the upcoming ban on landfilling biodegradable municipal waste. Scotland will end the practice of landfilling biodegradable municipal waste from 2025. As set out in the Circular Economy & Waste Route Map, we are launching a call for evidence to help our consideration of extending the landfill ban to include non-municipal biodegradable wastes - this is a wide variety of waste streams, but particularly includes industrial and construction sources. We will also use this as an opportunity to gather evidence on other wastes, including those that are non-biodegradable, that could be banned from landfill to reduce the environmental impact of their disposal and to move the management of these wastes further up the waste hierarchy.
Read the Strengthening approach to household recycling collection services consultation paper.
Read the Call for Evidence: Reducing the Landfilling of Biodegradable and Other Wastes
The above papers contains full background information for this consultation. You may find them useful to read or refer to while responding.
Useful information about responding to this consultation
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