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WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE
5. The new generation of installations needed to manage waste is much broader than that necessary to support the established tradition of collection and final disposal of mixed waste to landfill. Community infrastructure such as bottle and paper banks is already well established raising relatively minor if any planning issues. Separation at source leads to waste streams suitable for a wide range of treatment methods designed to capture value from the resource. A range of technologies such as sorting, mechanical/biological treatment or gasification underlies some treatment options. The Waste Technology Data Centre 4 provides facts on waste treatment technologies. New installations typically house industrial processes in enclosed buildings suitable to a broad range of sites and reference should be made to paragraphs 23-31 of this SPP and to Planning for Waste Management Facilities ( ODPM, 2004). 5 Composting, transfer stations, materials recycling facilities and thermal treatment plant represent the principal options to meet future needs. With operational control regulated by SEPA, development planning issues focus on aspects such as visual impact, location and transport. An increase in the numbers, range and types of installation will be required to manage waste arisings to 2020. New and larger landfills on a more dispersed pattern will continue to be required as a management option for residual wastes from which no further recyclables, products or energy can be recovered.
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