Key Scottish Environment Statistics 2014
This publication aims to provide an easily accessible reference document which offers information on a wide range of environmental topics. It covers key datasets on the state of the environment in Scotland, with an emphasis on the trends over time wherever possible. The data are supplemented by text providing brief background information on environmental impacts, relevant legislation and performance against national and international targets.
Waste & Recycling - Footnotes
3) The total to landfill from all sources.
4) The definition of municipal waste has changed over the time data has been collected. The current definition of municipal waste is household and similar waste. For calculating the tonnage of municipal biodegradable waste a mass balance calculation, assuming a certain proportion of each waste type generated is biodegradable has been used to provide the data. For example for mixed household waste 63% is estimated to be biodegradable.
5) The Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004. During 2010, revised targets for the reduction of landfilling of BMW were agreed between the UK and the European Commission. As a result, Scotland's share of the UK's Landfill Directive 2010, 2013 and 2020 targets has been revised to 2.7, 1.8 and 1.26 million tonnes of biodegradable municipal waste respectively.
6) Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste.
7) Zero Waste Scotland Love Food, Hate Waste
8) The Scottish Household Survey is a continuous cross-sectional survey based on a sample of the population in private residences in Scotland.
9) This question was asked of a third of the sample - 3,461 in 2012 and 3,508 in 2013.
10) Number surveyed in 2011: 10,777.
11) The survey method changed from a survey of adults to a survey of households from the second quarter of 2003. The 2003 data used are from quarters 2,3 and 4 only.
12) From 2007 to 2011, this question was asked of three quarters of the sample. Previously, it was asked of all households. In previous years the question asked whether or not the household recycled each of four items (yes or no). In 2007, this was changed to how much (all/most/some/none) was recycled. The table shows those reporting recycling, 'all' 'most' or 'some' of each item. In 2007, there was also a change to some of the item names: 'glass bottles' became 'glass bottles and jars', and 'plastic' became 'plastic bottles'.
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