Action | Task | By Whom | By When | Progress | Commentary |
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1.Sustainable design | Publish report on work being done to encourage sustainable design/sustainable products | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (with advice from the Scottish Executive ( SE)) | End 2007 | | Contact: Sustainable Design Forum, Design Business Association, Design Council., DEFRA |
2.Product lifespans | Provide information to consumers on product lifespans, guarantees and availability of spare parts | Scottish Waste Awareness Group ( SWAG) (with advice from the Scottish Executive) | March 2008 | | Contact: Sheffield Hallam University Centre for Sustainable Consumption |
3. Producer responsibility | Publish report on potential to introduce further producer responsibility initiatives | SEPA | Dec 2007 | | SEPA to make recommendations to Scottish Executive in line with existing legislation (sections 93 to 95 of the Environment Act 1995), and taking account of links with DEFRA. http://www.sepa.org.uk/producer/index.htm . http://www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/producer/monitoring_strategy_2006.pdf. |
3a. continue to publish reports on existing producer responsibility schemes | SEPA | ongoing | | |
4. Food waste | Reduce food waste | Waste and Resources Action Programme ( WRAP) / SWAG | 2010 | | Activities associated with WRAP's retail programme. Contact: WRAP have existing contacts with retailers and with the British/Scottish Retail Consortium |
4a. pilot new food waste campaign, aimed primarily at householders | SWAG (working with WRAP) | end 2007 | | |
4b. develop smarter packaging, to increase shelf-life of products | WRAP | progress check, Feb 2008 | | |
4c. develop marketing approaches with retailers, to reduce food waste | WRAP | end Mar 2008 | | |
4d. improve consumer understanding of food labels | WRAP | | | Contact: Food Standards Agency |
5. Packaging | Reduce amount of packaging waste | SE / WRAP / SWAG/ SEPA | 2010 | | Activities associated with WRAP's retail programme. |
5a. develop lighter weight or reusable packaging | WRAP | ongoing, progress report Feb 2008 | | |
5b. explain purpose of packaging, including what may be considered as excessive | SWAG / SEPA | End 2007 | | |
5c. develop improved systems for complaints | SWAG / SEPA | April 2008 | | Speak to WRAP, packaging industry, Local Authorities (including trading standards), SEPA and retailers |
5d. consider whether further action required on packaging legislation. | SE/ SEPA | | | |
5e. develop improved packaging guidelines for adoption by retailers | WRAP | Ongoing, progress report Feb 2008 | | |
6.Purchasing decisions | Influence consumer purchasing decisions | SWAG | Ongoing | | |
6a. promote online waste exchanges | SWAG | | | |
6b. promote use of charity shops / auctions to encourage re-use | SWAG/ CRNS | | | |
6c. promote buying experiences rather than gifts | SWAG | | | |
6d. promote borrowing / hiring items | SWAG | | | |
7. Plastic / paper bags | Agree Carrier Bag Code of Practice to reduce environmental impact of bags by 2008 | SE | End Feb 2007 | | BRC, retailers, UK Government, plastics industry |
8. Unwanted mail | Reduce unwanted mail by 10% | SE / SEPA / SWAG | 2010 | | |
8a. ensure Direct Marketing Association ( DMA) code of practice extends to Scotland | SE | September 2007 | | Meeting with DMA arranged for 5 March |
8b. continue to promote Mailing Preference Service ( MPS) | SWAG | ongoing | | SE will discuss with DEFRA and DTI |
8c. Write to Royal Mail to ensure door to door service opt out for unaddressed mail is clear | SE | | | |
8d. Work with electoral registration officers to promote key information to voters on how to opt out of edited version of the electoral register | SWAG, with support from the SE | | | SE will discuss with the Scotland Office. |
8e. Promote use of online billing for utility companies | SWAG | | | |
8f. Ensure advice to householders on issues relating to unwanted mail (eg data protection, staying off mailing lists, mail from bodies the householder already has a relationship with) is up to date and accurate | SWAG, with support from the SE and SEPA. | | | Contact: Information Commissioner's Office |
8g. Provide letter templates on website to assist householders wishing to write to bodies to remove name from mailing list | SWAG | | | Link to Waste Prevention Guide which includes templates |
9. Home composting | Further encourage home composting | WRAP / SWAG/ CRNS | | | WRAP's existing home composting scheme, supported by SWAG, will extend to all 32 local authorities in Scotland in 2007/08 |
9a. Increase support for master composter schemes, including advice for communal gardens | CRNS and WRAP, with support from SWAG | Proposal by CRNS to WRAP by Mar '07 | | |
9b. Continue to encourage use of food digesters and wormeries | WRAP, with support from SWAG and CRNS | | | |
10. Nappies | Reduce the waste impact of nappies | SE / SEPA / SWAG / CRNS | Sustain 3000 tonnes per year | | |
10a. Continue discussion with Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association ( AHPMA) | SE | Ongoing | | |
10b. Support for real nappies through CRNS | CRNS | | | |
10c. Information on nappies both disposable and re-useable) on SWAG website | SWAG | | | |
11. Reuse framework | Develop Reuse Framework | SE / SEPA / CRNS / SWAG | December 2007 | | |
11a. Encourage local waste exchanges | CRNS / SWAG / SEPA | | | |
11b. Improve reuse facilities at recycling centres | SE / CRNS / SEPA | | | Being discussed with local authorities and others in context of work to meet longer term recycling targets |
11c. Campaign to prevent reusable items being wasted | SWAG / CRNS | | | |
11d. Further action on repair / refurbishment | SE / CRNS / SEPA | | | |
11e. Encourage reuse of paint | CRNS / SWAG / SEPA | | | |
11f. Encourage further reuse of bulky items (including white goods). | SE / CRNS / SEPA | | | Items from special uplifts and those collected by community sector. Advice to local authorities. |
11g. Learn from experience of reuse elsewhere | CRNS / SE / SEPA | | | |
12. Community composting | Establish further 20 community composting sites | CRNS | 2008 | | |
12a. SEPA to consider changes to charging regime and make recommendations to SE on legislation. | SEPA | Summer 2007 | | |
13. INCREASE waste prevention projects | Monitor and report success of INCREASE waste prevention projects | SE | March 2008 | | |
13a. SE to ensure Momenta monitor effectively the waste prevention projects funded through INCREASE | SE | | | Contact: Momenta (who administer the INCREASE programme) |
14. Education / awareness | Ensure waste prevention measures in Ecoschools / other education initiatives | SE / SEPA | March 2007 | | |
14a. Assist with update of waste chapter in Ecoschools handbook | SWAG / SE / SEPA | | | |
15. Guidance on bin sizes / collection frequency | Provide advice to local authorities on size of residual bins, frequency of residual collections and use of receptacles for recycling. | SE | August 2007 | | |
16. Landfill bans | Review annually the possibility of introducing further landfill bans on materials. | SE / SEPA | First review by December 2007 | | Consult with WRAP, REMADE, waste industry, Cosla and SEPA |
17. Charging for other types of waste | Review Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 which allow charges to be made by local authorities for the collection of specific types of household waste. | SE | January 2008 | | Consult with CoSLA and SEPA. |
18. Guidance on SLA's / contracts | Issue guidance to local authorities on mainstreaming waste prevention into Service Level Agreements / Contracts. | SE | December 2007 | | Work with WRAP |
19. Incentives | Consider, with Local authorities and others, the role of incentives in recycling / waste prevention. | SE | Summer 2007 | | Workshops on 15 Feb and 16 March to discuss a number of issues including incentives. |
20. Spending review 2007 | Consider, as part of Spending Review 2007, if further resources should be allocated to waste prevention specifically and how resources should be allocated to ensure waste is prevented. | SE | Summer 2007 | | |