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Waste guidance

Waste activities

• Is it waste?
• Supplementary Guidance to “Is it waste?"
• Promoting the sustainable reuse of greenfield soils in construction
• Guidance on separating material for recycling
• Off shore oil and gas waste
• Thermal Treatment of Waste Guidelines
• Manufacture and use of biochar from waste
• Permitting of Pyrolysis and Gasification of Waste activities

Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) guidance

• Guide to scheme articles, non-scheme articles and non-Scottish articles
• Guide to deposit labelling and signage

Special waste

• Technical Guidance WM3 - Waste Classification: Guidance on the classification and assessment of waste

Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) waste

• Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions on the use, storage and disposal of Class B firefighting foam containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• Guidance on the management of Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating (WUDS) containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• Position statement on Shredding of WUDS containing POPs at authorised facilities
• Position statement on Storage of WUDS containing POPs at authorised facilities

Regulatory framework

• WST-G-68 - Guidance for the reuse of Type 1 aggregate
• The ban on landfilling Biodegradable Municipal Waste (scope and testing guidance)

Position statements

• Mixing and treatment of special waste in open pits and vessels
• Collection of scheme packaging as part of Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme