The National Waste Management Plan for Scotland Regulations 2007

National waste management plan for ScotlandS

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3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must have a national waste management plan containing their policies in relation to [F1waste prevention, preparation for re-use and waste management] in Scotland.

(2) The national waste management plan or any modification of it must [F2include]–

(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 the Schedule to these Regulations;

[F4(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; F5...

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(4) The Scottish Ministers [F7must 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.

[F8(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.]

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