Question reference: S6W-09171
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 16 June 2022
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 June 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Zero Waste Scotland’s project in 2017 on a residual waste treatment analysis reportedly did not result in a report being produced, and how much was spent on the project.
Answer
Further to your query on this report in February 2021 (S5W-34878 on 10 February 2021), the intention of the analysis of residual waste treatment was to help inform and support future work. The output from this research was, therefore, never intended to be published. The cost of this project was £27,700.
Subsequent work in this area included the Scottish Government commissioned ‘Waste Markets Study’ in 2019; and Zero Waste Scotland produced a report on the Climate Change Impact of Burning Municipal Waste in Scotland.
The waste markets study is available here: Waste markets study: full report
Zero Waste Scotland’s report is available here: The climate change impact of burning municipal waste in Scotland | Zero Waste Scotland
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