Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on implementing digital waste tracking, and whether any elements of system design and inputs have been shared with local authorities.
The development of the UK-wide Digital Waste Tracking (DWT) is progressing and an update which will include an implementation timeline will be released by DEFRA in June.
Local authorities are engaged with the development process. Recently, members of the DEFRA digital project team met with a selection of local authorities from Scotland in order to learn more about their specific user needs.