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Call for Evidence on Extending Landfill Ban
1. Which category in the following list best describes you?
Business that operates one or more landfill sites in Scotland
Business that operates one or more landfill sites outwith Scotland
Business that operates other (non-landfill) residual waste treatment facilities in Scotland
Business that operates other (non-landfill) residual waste treatment facilities outwith Scotland
Business involved in waste/materials management but not involved in the treatment of residual waste.
Business not involved in waste management
Professional body, trade organisation or governing body
Environmental group
Local government
Community group
Academic or research
Individual
Other (please provide details in the box below)
Please provide further details
2. If you are replying on behalf of a business or representative organisation, please advise where your business is located, and an approximate size/number of staff (where applicable).
If you are replying on behalf of a business or representative organisation, please provide the name of the organisation/sector you represent, where your business is located, and an approximate size/number of staff (where applicable).
3. Do you produce or handle/dispose of EWC (European Waste Catalogue) 19 12 12 wastes?
Produce from non-municipal sources
Produce from municipal sources
Produce from mixed non-municipal and municipal sources
Handle/dispose of EWC191212 waste produced elsewhere
No, I do not produce or handle/dispose of EWC191212 wastes
4. If you produce waste from mixed non-municipal and municipal sources, can you provide data on the proportion of EWC 19 12 12 wastes coming from non-municipal sources?
Yes (please provide information in the box below)
No
Please provide information here
5. Do you have any data on the composition or characteristics (e.g., biodegradability) of EWC 191212 wastes sent to landfill at any point over the past 10 years?
Yes (please provide information in the box below)
No
Please provide further information
6. Are there alternative treatment options available to you for sorting residues (EWC191212 wastes) that could reduce the environmental impact of managing or disposing of these wastes? Are there any barriers to adopting alternative treatment options?
Yes (please provide information in the box below)
No
Please provide further information
7. Do you have any evidence about the need to continue landfilling sorting residues from the treatment of non-municipal waste?
Yes (please provide further information in the box below)
No
Please provide further information here
8. Do you agree with the list of non-municipal waste that are likely to be biodegradable and maybe biodegradable wastes, are there other wastes you consider biodegradable and do you have evidence on the biodegradability of any of these wastes that you can share?
Yes (please provide evidence if possible in the box below)
No (please provide details and evidence if possible in the box below)
Please provide further information here
9. Are there biodegradable wastes, from Tables 6.2.1 (pg.11) and 6.2.2 (pg.12) or otherwise, that you think will need to be landfilled in the future?
Are there biodegradable wastes, from Tables 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 or otherwise, that you think will need to be landfilled in the future?
10. Our Circular Economy and Waste Route Map noted an intention to identify priority waste streams to mitigate environmental impacts. Which waste streams would you consider to be the priority waste streams to divert from landfill?
Our Circular Economy and Waste Route Map noted an intention to identify priority waste streams to mitigate environmental impacts. Which waste streams would you consider to be the priority waste streams to divert from landfill?
11. Are there treatment options available for biodegradable wastes, from Tables 6.2.1 (pg.11) and 6.2.2 (pg.12) or otherwise? Do you have evidence or thoughts on why these materials continue to be landfilled?
Are there treatment options available for biodegradable wastes, from Tables 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 or otherwise? Do you have evidence or thoughts on why these materials continue to be landfilled?
12. What are the potential positive and negative impacts of not including soil in an extended landfill ban?
What are the potential positive and negative impacts of not including soil in an extended landfill ban?
13. Do you have any views and/or evidence on the suitability of TOC (Total Organic Carbon), AT4, Dynamic Respiration or loss on ignition tests to determine the biodegradability of non-municipal wastes?
Do you have any views and/or evidence on the suitability of TOC, AT4, Dynamic Respiration or loss on ignition tests to determine the biodegradability of non-municipal wastes?
14. Do you currently carry out biodegradability testing of non-municipal wastes and if so, are you able to share any evidence or information on the testing that you carry out?
Yes, carry out testing and can share evidence/examples
No
15. Would a ban on landfilling mattresses support increased recycling of end-of-life mattresses?
Yes (Please provide further information in the box below)
No (Please provide further information in the box below)
Please provide further information here
16. Would a ban on landfilling mattresses lead to the diversion of mattresses to incineration?
Yes (Please provide further information in the box below)
No (Please provide further information in the box below)
Please provide further information here
17. If mattresses could no longer be landfilled, what other barriers are there to increasing the recycling of mattresses?
Please provide answer here
18. What other policies should be considered to encourage the continued diversion of waste, particularly biodegradable waste, away from landfill?
Please provide answer here
19. Are there changes to the Scottish Landfill Tax, or other fiscal leavers such as the forthcoming Scottish Aggregates Tax, that could incentivise the diversion of wastes away from landfill, particularly biodegradable wastes that will not fall under the landfill ban?
Please provide answer here
20. What could the Scottish Government do to incentivise investment in alternative treatment infrastructure?
What could the Scottish Government do to incentivise investment in alternative treatment infrastructure?
21. If further waste streams were to be included in the landfill ban, what timescale for implementing the ban would allow for industry preparations?
Please provide answer here
22. Are you able to share information about the potential costs associated with diverting waste to alternative treatment options for the wastes detailed here (including for example costs of testing)? (Please provide details and impacts if possible)
Please provide answer here
23. Do you have any evidence of other, unintended consequences of diverting waste, particularly biodegradable wastes, away from landfill (such as flytipping)? (Please provide details and impacts if possible)
Please provide answer here
24. Do you have any other comments or evidence that you would like to share on the potential expansion of the ban on landfilling biodegradable municipal waste?
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