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Consultation on Potential Legislative Measures to Implement Zero Waste: Analysis of Responses

DescriptionThis report presents the analysis of responses to a public consultation on potential legislative measures to implement zero waste.
ISBN978 0755973774 (Web Only)
Official Print Publication DateDecember 2008
Website Publication DateDecember 19, 2008

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Sheila Scott and Polly Griffiths
Caledonian Environment Centre

Scottish Government Social Research
2008

ISBN 978 0 7559 7377 4 (Web only publication)

This document is also available in pdf format (484k)

CONTENTS

Executive Summary
The consultation
Proposal 1: Duties on public bodies and businesses to provide recycling facilities
Proposal 2: Packaging
Proposal 3: Specifying recyclate
Proposal 4: Waste prevention plans
Proposal 5: Deposit and return
Proposal 6: Waste data returns
Proposal 7: Other measures on waste prevention, including action on carrier bags.
Additional information and comment
Overarching themes
Trends across stakeholder groups

1 The Consultation
Background
Consultation document
Consultation process
Submission and respondents
Analysis of data
Methodology
Presentation of data
The way forward

2 Proposal 1: Duties on Public Bodies and business to provide recycling facilities
Q1.1 Do you consider that legislation should be made in this area?
Q1.2 If so, what form should the legislation take?
Additional comments
Summary of issues

3 Proposal 2: Packaging
Q2.1 Do you consider that legislation should be made in this area?
Q2.2 If so, what form should the legislation take?
Additional comments
Summary of issues

4 Proposal 3: Specifying recyclate
Q3.1 Do you consider that legislation should be made in this area?
Q3.2 If so, what form should the legislation take?
Additional comments
Summary of issues

5 Proposal 4: Waste prevention plans
Q4.1 Do you consider that legislation should be made in this area?
Q4.2 If so, what form should the legislation take?
Q4.3 What Public Bodies and businesses should be covered?
Additional comments
Summary of issues

6 Proposal 5: Deposit and return
Q5.1 Do you consider that legislation should be made in this area?
Q5.2 If so, what form should that legislation take?
Additional comments
Summary of issues

7 Proposal 6: Mandatory waste data returns to business
Q6.1 Do you consider that legislation should be made in this area?
Q6.2 If so, what form should the legislation take?
Q6.3 Do you have any views of the types of business that should be covered?
Additional comments
Summary of issues

8 Proposal 7: Other measures to encourage waste prevention, including action on carrier bags
Q7.1 Do you consider that legislation should be made in this area?
Q7.2 If so, which areas should these powers cover?
Additional comments - single use bags
Q7.3 Are there any other areas, not covered by this consultation, where legislation could be made to increase recycling and promote waste prevention?
Additional comments
Summary of issues

9 Other Issues and Additional Information Submitted
The nature of the respondents
Zero Waste Scotland
Content of consultation
Legislation and regulation
Scottish Government role
Environmental impacts
Other comments and suggestions
Summary of issues

10 Overarching themes, trends across stakeholder groups and conclusion
Overarching themes
Trend across stakeholder groups
Conclusion

11 Quality assurance quality control
Confidentiality
Data quality control

Annex 1 - Full consultation questions

Annex 2 - Full list of respondents

Annex 3 - Acronyms and Glossary
Acronyms
Glossary

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

This report is available on the Scottish Government Social Research website only
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.

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