How good are your recycling habits? Do you understand how your habits can impact the success of whole recycling operations? Recycling helps to reduce the carbon emitted from creating new things; it is a crucial aspect of sustainable resource use; and if waste materials are recycled, they are less likely to wind up polluting the […]
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In 2023, The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) undertook a review of the Pollution Prevention and Control Permit for waste facilities. This review was required following the publication on 10 December 2018 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1147 establishing the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Conclusions (BATc) for Waste Treatment. Following the review of the provided
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The Garden Waste Debate: Exploring Scotland’s Permit System In recent years, many councils across Scotland have implemented a permit system for garden waste collection, raising questions about its effectiveness and fairness. With 21 out of 32 councils now charging for garden waste collection, it’s crucial to examine whether these permits are a sensible approach to
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Organic waste can be treated through physical, chemical, or biological forms of waste management. The fundamental aim of organic treatment is to degrade the easily available compounds; stabilise the material; and reduce its volume. Biological treatment includes composting, which has multiple benefits, including: Employment opportunities Reduction of waste to landfill/incineration, which helps control greenhouse gas
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Are You Helping or Hindering Scotland’s Recycling? How can this be improved? Currently the contamination rate in the Household waste recycling streams ranges from 0.91% to 43.04%* The average contamination rate for Scotland’s recycling is 17% *These figures, provided by SEPA, do not include waste that was so badly contaminated it does not make it
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Albion Environmental provide specialist Waste Compositional Analysis to Councils in order to assist them with developments of their waste strategies. As part of the development of Perth and Kinross Council Waste Strategy, and to help influence their recycling, Perth and Kinross Council have produced a short public information video to explain the key findings of
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Nearly two years ago a law was introduced in France in which supermarkets were prohibited from destroying any unsold, edible food products. The law obliges the retailers to sign contracts with charities agreeing terms for regular donation of the unsold produce. Penalties of up to 75,000 Euros and even facing up to two years in
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O Open Air Windrow Composting Open Air Windrow Composting (OAW) is a process used primarily for organic matter such as garden or animal waste. These materials are piled in long rows in which naturally occurring microbes feed on to break down and turn into compost. Organic materials gathered from multiple sources including Council’s seasonal garden
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Consultation on proposed new guidance on Food Waste Management in Scotland and review of SEPA’s end-of-waste regulatory positions for compost and anaerobic digestate. The 18th of May 2016 saw SEPA launch the consultation on guidance which sets out obligations along the chain of food waste management in order to achieve high quality recycling. This chain
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In guidance entitled ‘Guidance on Legionella longbeachae’ , the Organics Recycling Group (ORG) states: “ORG recommends that composted materials are made according to the requirements of PAS 100. The phase of high temperature composting should be sustained for sufficient time to kill Legionella bacteria, throughout each batch of compost production.” However, the Group said it is
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