Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Area Waste Plan The following organisations participated in the development and assessment of the SWMBA and subsequent waste-management-options consultation and final Area Waste Plan. ➔ Dumfries and Galloway Council ➔ East Ayrshire Council ➔ North Ayrshire Council ➔ South Ayrshire Council ➔ Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway ➔ Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire Prepared by SEPA March 2003 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Area Waste Plan 1 Contents Foreword by Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Waste Strategy Area Group Chair 6 Foreword by Scottish Executive 7 Executive Summary 8 Area Waste Plan Process Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 15 Key Acronyms 16 1 Introduction and Context 17 1.1 Background 17 1.2 Area Waste Plan: Key Aims and Objectives 19 1.3 Developing an Integrated Plan 20 1.4 Area Description 20 1.5 Current Waste-management Practice within Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 24 1.6 Summary of Consultation Results 27 2 Strategic Framework and Drivers for Change 30 2.1 Introduction 30 2.2 Definition of Waste 31 2.3 Sustainable Waste Management 31 2.4 The EU Landfill Directive 31 2.5 Landfill Tax 32 2.6 National Waste Strategy: Scotland Principles 33 3 Best Practicable Environmental Option for Municipal Solid Waste - The Strategy for Change 38 3.1 Introduction 38 3.2 BPEO Determination 39 3.3 Elements of the BPEO 41 3.4 Indicative Performance Targets for BPEO 44 3.5 Implementing and Supporting the BPEO 50 3.6 Cost of BPEO 50 3.7 Recycling Market Development 51 3.8 Education and Awareness Raising 51 3.9 Community Involvement 52 3.10 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway BPEO Into National Context 52 3.11 Risks to Implementation 53 3.12 Future Developments 53 2 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Area Waste Plan 4 Managing Non-Municipal Solid Wastes 54 4.1 Introduction 54 4.2 Specific Waste Streams 54 4.3 Local Non-Municipal Solid Waste Framework 56 4.4 Specific Local Waste Streams 57 4.5 Waste Prevention and Reduction 58 4.6 Reuse and Refurbishment 59 4.7 Recycling and Composting 60 4.8 Energy Recovery 60 4.9 Disposal 61 4.10 Recycling Market Development 61 4.11 Education and Awareness Raising 61 4.12 Waste Producer and Industry Involvement 61 5 Developing and Implementing the Area Waste Plan 62 5.1 Future Role of Waste Strategy Area Group 62 5.2 Future Role and Membership of WSAG and Local Fora 63 5.3 Action Plan 63 5.4 Funding the Area Waste Plan 63 5.5 Monitoring Progress and Performance 64 5.6 Development Planning 66 5.7 Linking to the National Plan 67 Annexes 68 Annex 1 – Glossary 68 Annex 2 – SMART Action Plan 71 Annex 3 – Links to Other Policies, Legislation and Initiatives 75 Annex 4 – Associated Reports (with Web links) 81 Annex 5 – Contact Organisations and Links 82 Annex 6 – Summary of Local Authority Practices and Plans 83 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Area Waste Plan 3 List of Tables Exec. Summ. Table 1 - BMW Diversion Requirements 8 Exec. Summ. Table 2 - Performance Indicators for Local Authorities and Combined Waste Strategy Area 9 Exec. Summ. Table 3 - Likely Additional Facilities Required 12 Exec. Summ. Table 4 - BMW Diversion Targets 14 Table 1.1 - Current MSW Contracts 16 Table 1.2 - Projected Population to 2020 for the Four Administration Areas 21 Table 1.3 - Projected Households to 2020 for the Four Administration Areas 21 Table 1.4 - Projected Household Waste Change 2000-2020 If Directly Proportional to Population Change 22 Table 1.5 - Annual Gross Cost of Mainstream Refuse Collection per Property Served 25 Table 1.6 - Current Licensed Waste-management Infrastructure 26 Table 1.7 - Consultation Outcomes 28 Table 2.1 - Projected BMW Diversion Requirements 32 Table 3.1 - Levels of Participation in Kerbside Segregated Collections by Dry Recyclate 42 Table 3.2 - Composting Targets (as percentage output) 43 Table 3.3 - Summary of Waste Management 2010 45 Table 3.4 - Summary of Waste Management 2013 46 Table 3.5 - Summary of Waste Management 2020 47 Table 3.6 - BMW Diversion Performance 48 Table 3.7 - BMW Diversion and Land filling Projections using BPEO 49 Table 3.8 - Delivery of BMW Landfill Targets 49 Table 4.1 - Industry Sector Groupings 55 Table 5.1 - Projected Available Strategic Waste Funding 63 Table 5.2 - Local Indicators 65 Annex 4. Table 1 - Associated Reports 81 Annex 6. Table 1 - Dumfries and Galloway Option Appraisal Comparison 96 Annex 6. Table 2 - Unweighed results 97 Annex 6. Table 3 - Summary of Final Results 98 4 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Area Waste Plan List of Figures Exec. Summ. Figure 1 - Generic Model 9 Exec. Summ. Figure 2 - Proposed Changes in How Waste Dealt with 1998-2020 11 Exec. Summ. Figure 3 - Schematic of Likely Additional Plan and Capacity for BPEO 2010 12 Exec. Summ. Figure 4 - Schematic of Likely Additional Plan and Capacity for BPEO 2013 13 Exec. Summ. Figure 5 - Schematic of Likely Additional Plan and Capacity for BPEO 2020 13 Exec. Summ. Figure 6 - Area Waste Plan Process 15 Figure 1.1 - Waste Arisings in Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 23 Figure 1.2 - Waste Disposals in Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 23 Figure 2.1 - Key Drivers 30 Figure 2.2 - The Waste Hierarchy 33 Figure 3.1 - Generic Model (Repeated) 38 Figure 3.2 - Simplified BPEO Showing Additional Plant Capacity 2010 39 Figure 3.3 - Simplified BPEO Showing Additional Plant Capacity 2013 40 Figure 3.4 - Simplified BPEO Showing Additional Plant Capacity 2020 40 Figure 3.5 - Schematic of Waste-management Option for MSW 2010 45 Figure 3.6 - Schematic of Waste-management Option for MSW 2013 46 Figure 3.7 - Schematic of Waste-management Option for MSW 2020 47 Figure 3.8 - Composition of Household Waste 48 Figure 3.9 - Proposed Changes in How Waste is Dealt with 1998-2020 49 Annex 6. Figure 1 - South Ayrshire Council Recycling and 85 Composting Targets for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Annex 6. Figure 2 - Reduction of Municipal Waste to Landfill 86 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Area Waste Plan 5 Foreword by Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway Waste Strategy Area Group Chair I am very pleased to present the first Area Waste Plan for Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway. Not least because this document has been prepared as part of a pioneering collective approach to the development of an Area Waste Plan which aims to achieve the objectives of the National Waste Strategy for Scotland (NWS:S). The geographical area covered by this plan matches the local authority boundaries for North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway Councils. The membership of the group developing the plan, therefore, aimed to reflect the social, economic and political responsibilities of that area. The development of this plan has taken place during a period of radical change. Scotland, with its abundance of cheap landfill, has a poor record in its use of waste resources which have until now, mostly been consigned to landfill sites at the end of their useful life. European environmental policy seeks to change this through the reduction of waste to landfill by using waste in recycling, composting and energy recovery. It is likely there will be a financial cost associated with this change. It is hoped, however, that local people will see that these additional costs are outweighed by the long-term benefits, including a cleaner and healthier environment. Certainly the response to consultation on the draft plan was extremely supportive of the proposal put forward. In particular people want to see more recycling and want to see the provision of suitable facilities that will allow them to recycle. The local authorities are responding positively to the challenges we face in moving towards a more sustainable form of waste management. The comments received in the consultation and the support given by the public, have allowed us to seek to address the issues involved in advance of the legislative implementation dates. They are looking to reduce our position of high reliance on landfill – some 95% in 1998 to 28% by 2020. During that period recycling is set to rise to at least 52%. The plan acknowledges the need to raise public awareness of the issues surrounding waste and the need to educate everyone on how they can make their personal contribution to the realisation of the plan by reducing the quantity of waste generated and by participating in recycling schemes. All of us, as waste producers, have a responsibility to ensure the successful delivery of this plan and the shift to more sustainable waste-management practices. The large and extremely positive nature of the response to the consultation augurs well for the future. Alastair Dewart Local Authority Liaison Unit Manager, SEPA Chair Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Waste Strategy Area Group 6 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Area Waste Plan Foreword by Scottish Executive Currently almost all of Scotland’s household waste goes to landfill sites. This has been a cheap and – for most of us – convenient way of putting waste out of sight and out of mind. But disposing of unsorted refuse in this way is, quite literally, a waste of the world’s resources. It is also a potent source of greenhouse gases and other emissions to the environment with waste management (mainly from landfills) contributing almost a quarter of the total amount of methane emitted in Scotland each year. Moving to a position where we produce less waste, reuse and recycle more and recover value from as much as possible of what is left is at the heart of the Scottish Executive’s approach to sustainable development. Nationally we have set a target of recycling or composting 25% of Scotland’s waste by 2006, but we aim to move beyond that to achieve higher levels of recycling and composting and minimise our use of landfill.