The National Waste Management Plan for Scotland Regulations 2007

National waste management plan for Scotland S

3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must have a national waste management plan containing their policies in relation to [F1 waste prevention, preparation for re-use and waste management] in Scotland.

(2) The national waste management plan or any modification of it must [F2 include]–

(a) a statement which relates to the whole of Scotland; or

(b) two or more statements which together relate to the whole of Scotland.

(3) The national waste management plan or any modification of it must include–

[F3 (aza) an analysis of the current waste management situation, including existing waste collection schemes and major disposal and recovery installations;

(azb) a description of measures to be taken to improve environmentally sound preparing for re-use, recycling, recovery and disposal of waste;

(azc) the matters listed in Article 28(3) of the Waste Directive;]

(a) a statement of the Scottish Ministers' policies for attaining the objectives specified in [F4 schedule 1] to these Regulations;

[F5 (zaa) a statement of the Scottish Ministers’ policies for attaining, as a minimum, the waste prevention measures set out in schedule 2 of these Regulations,]

[F6 (aa) in pursuance of the objectives and provisions of the Waste Directive, an evaluation of how the plan will support the implementation of those objectives and provisions; and]

(b) in pursuance of the objectives and measures referred to in the Packaging Waste Directive, a chapter on the management of packaging and packaging waste, including measures taken pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of that Directive; F7 ...

F8 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9 (d) targets for—

(i) achieving an increase in the preparing for re-use and the recycling of waste materials such as at least paper, metal, plastic and glass from households and other similar waste streams,

(ii) achieving an increase in the preparing for re-use, recycling and other material recovery, including backfilling operations using waste to substitute other materials, of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste (excluding naturally occurring material defined in category 17 05 04 in the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, and

(iii) achieving an increase in preparing for re-use and recycling of municipal waste,

(e) a statement of the Scottish Ministers’ policies for achieving the targets specified in paragraph (d).]

[F10 (3A) The Scottish Ministers must have regard to the following when preparing the national waste management plan or any modification of it relating to litter prevention—

(a) any plan made in accordance with section 5 of the Marine Scotland Act 2010,

(b) any plan made in accordance with section 10 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.]

(4) The Scottish Ministers [F11 must review the national waste management plan at least once every six years and] may from time to time modify the national waste management plan.

(5) In preparing the national waste management plan, or any modification of it, the Scottish Ministers must consult–

(a) SEPA;

(b) Scottish Natural Heritage;

(c) such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government and industry respectively as they think fit; and

(d) such other persons as they think fit.

[F12 (6) The following documents form part of the national waste management plan:—

(a) Zero Waste Plan;

(b) the waste management policies set out in Scottish Planning Policy, the National Planning Framework and Planning Advice Note 63;

(c) the Landfill Capacity Report;

(d) the National Capacity Report;

(e) the Special-Hazardous Waste Data Summary;

(f) the Waste Data Digest; and

(g) the Waste Statistics Regulation Scotland Report.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(a)

F2 Word in reg. 3(2) substituted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(b)

F3 Reg. 3(3)(aza)-(azc) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(c)

F4 Words in reg. 3(3)(a) substituted (4.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/314), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(a)(i)

F5 Reg. 3(3)(zaa) inserted (4.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/314), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(a)(ii)

F6 Reg. 3(3)(aa) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(d)

F7 Word in reg. 3(3) omitted (27.3.2011) by virtue of The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(e)

F8 Reg. 3(3)(c) omitted (27.3.2011) by virtue of The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(f)

F9 Reg. 3(3)(d)(e) inserted (4.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/314), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(a)(iii)

F10 Reg. 3(3A) inserted (4.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/314), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(b)

F11 Words in reg. 3(4) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(g)

F12 Reg. 3(6) substituted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(4)(h)