Waste and Industrial Activities guidance
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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
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
Pollution control
Pollution control guidance
- WAT-RM-37: Regulation of phosphorus discharges to freshwater lochs
- WAT-RM-40: Assessment of numeric discharge quality conditions (for CAR, UWWTD, IPC and PPC compliance) [Ex-"Compliance assessment"]
- WAT-SG-02: Modelling methods for surface water discharges
- WAT-SG-03: Data Analysis and River Quality Planning Model
- WAT-SG-42: Communications protocol for compliance sampling and reporting between SEPA and Scottish Water
- WAT-SG-57: Toxicity screening for discharges
- WAT-SG-87: Compliance monitoring for sewer network licences
- WAT-SG-94: Oil and Gas Decommissioning Operations
- CAS-G-002: Calibration of monitoring and measurement equipment at sewage treatment works
- CAS-G-003: Flow/event monitoring at Scottish Water STWs
- Comprehensive Studies for the Purposes of Article 6 & 8.5 of DIR 91/271 EEC, The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. Jan 1997. Second Edition.
Oil storage
- How to deal with domestic oil spills - full guide
- Underground storage tanks for liquid hydrocarbons : Code of Practice for Installers, Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks (& Pipelines)
- How to deal with domestic oil spills - quick guide
Diffuse pollution: rural
- Stable yards: reducing pollution risks
- Constructed Farm Wetlands (CFW): Design Manual for Scotland and Northern Ireland. 30th October 2008