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Appendix 5: Waste
Existing measures
Ref | Option |
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W2 | Increasing recycling rates |
Future options
A series of tables are presented for future options:
1. Definition of option, state of deployment
2. Data for 2030
3. Data for 2050
4. Factors influencing deployment, potential, etc.
Ref | Option | Technical measure | State of deployment |
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W1 | Ban disposal of biodegradable waste in landfill by 2040 | | Future but links to zero waste vision for Scotland |
Ref | Option | Core data - 2030 |
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Potential | +/- | Key assumptions | Sub-sector | £/t CO 2eq | +/- | Source / Key assumptions |
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W1 | Ban disposal of biodegradable waste in landfill by 2040 | - 70% from 1990 levels;
-16% from BAU | 30% | Biodegradable waste to landfill declines in anticipation of the total ban in 2040/ a series of gradually reducing limits for amount of biodegradable waste which can go to landfill | disposal to landfill | From <£0/t to £90/t £50 used | 50% | Sectoral Objectives Study 2000 for costs. Costs of alternative waste disposal options vary from cost effective<0 t to between £35 and 90/t depending partly of market price of products such as compost which are produced. Suggest that costs might be towards the higher end of this - say £50/t for 2030 reductions and £70 for additional reductions to 2050 |
Ref | Option | Core data - 2050 |
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Potential | +/- | Key assumptions | Sub-sector | £/t CO 2eq | +/- | Source / Key assumptions |
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W1 | Ban disposal of biodegradable waste in landfill by 2040 | -91% from 1990; -74% from BAU | 30% | Complete ban on biodegradable waste from landfill from 2040 on. | Disposal to landfill | From <£0/t to £90/t £70 used | 50% | Costs of alternative waste disposal options vary from cost effiective/0 t to between £35 and 90/t depending partly of market price of products such as compost which are produced. Suggest that costs might be towards the higher end of this - say £50/t for 2030 reductions and £70 for additional reductions to 2050 |
Ref | Option | Influencing factors |
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State of technology | Significant other impact | Type | Other issues |
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W1 | Ban disposal of biodegradable waste in landfill by 2040 | Some matures/other Newly deployed | Could be some increase in CO 2 emissions from waste sector particularly if mass burn incineration is the alternative route for waste disposal - but should be relatively small net increase due to energy recovery from plant | Regulatory / planning | Several European countries already have a ban on landfill of biodegradable waste, so there is a precedent of the policy |
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