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Reducing Landfill: A Landfill Allowance Scheme Consultation

INTRODUCTION

THE LANDFILL DIRECTIVE

Article 5(2) of the EC Landfill Directive (99/31/EC)¹ requires the UK to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste it sends to landfill. The Executive published an earlier consultation paper, The Landfill Directive², in November 1999 which outlined several options for meeting Article 5(2) of the Directive. The UK Government has consulted twice in Limiting Landfill³ in 1999 and Tradable Landfill Permits⁴ in 2001.

The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 provides the framework for a landfill allowance scheme designed to implement Article 5(2) of the Landfill Directive in Scotland and the UK as a whole and the apportionment of UK landfill targets to each country of the UK.

WHAT IS COVERED BY THIS PAPER

This consultation paper sets out the Executive’s intentions for the operation of a landfill allowance scheme in Scotland, to be established in Regulations under the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003. The UK Government consulted⁵ separately on the detail of its own scheme for England and on the targets to be set for each country of the UK in target years.

CONSULTATION PROCESS

This consultation paper is supported by a draft Regulatory Impact Assessment. Draft Regulations will be published for comment in 2004.

Responses should be received by [9] March 2004 either by e-mail to William.Doyle@Scotland.gsi.gov.uk or by post to:
William Doyle
SEPA Sponsorship and Waste Unit
1J (N)
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ

In your response, please explain who you are and, where relevant, which organisation you represent and give your name and address.

To help inform debate on the matters covered by this letter, the Executive may publish responses to the consultation or deposit them in its libraries for inspection by the public. The Executive will assume that responses can be made publicly available unless the respondent expressly indicates that his or her response is confidential. Confidential responses will nevertheless be included in any summary or statistical analysis which does not identify individual respondents.

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS PAPER

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