Publication - Strategy/plan

Decarbonisation of residual waste infrastructure: Scottish Government response

Published: 5 May 2023
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate, +1 more … Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change
ISBN: 9781805258346

Our initial response to the second report on the decarbonisation of residual waste infrastructure in Scotland. The second report followed on from Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? - the recommendations of the independent review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. In the Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics, emissions from Energy from Waste cannot be separately identified and are reported under Power Stations in the Energy Supply sector, not the Waste Management sector. This is in line with the definitions set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Our response to the first report committed to working with BEIS to enable Energy from Waste emissions to be separately identified in future reporting.

2. Scotland currently produces around 4.4 million tonnes of residual waste each year, see Summary Table in SEPA (2021) Waste from All Sources: Data Tables

3. Scottish Government (2021) A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Programme for Government 2021-22, Available at: A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Programme for Government 2021-22 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. Scottish Government (2021), Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party - Shared Policy Programme, Available at: Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party - Shared Policy Programme - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5. Church. C (2022), Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury - incineration in the waste hierarchy: independent review, Available at: Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury - incineration in the waste hierarchy: independent review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6. Scottish Government (2022) Independent review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy: Scottish Government response, Available at: Independent review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. Church. C (2023), Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland Second Report: Decarbonisation of Residual Waste Infrastructure in Scotland, Available at: Decarbonisation of residual waste infrastructure: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. Church. C (2022) Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland Evidence Document, Available at: Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury - incineration in the waste hierarchy: independent review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. Eunomia (2022) Opportunities to Decarbonise the Waste Treatment Infrastructure, Available at: Decarbonisation Report (www.gov.scot)

10. Delivering Scotland's circular economy - route map to 2025 and beyond: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. EPR Consultation Government response template (publishing.service.gov.uk

12. Final UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics: 1990 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

13. Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)