Resources & Publications

View a range of useful resources and publications related to Waste Aware Scotland.

Waste Aware Scotland

Waste Aware Scotland Magazine
Keep up to date with the development of Waste Aware campaigns, initiatives to promote reduce, reuse and recycle, and other waste-related issues across Scotland with our free magazine. (Please select the edition from the menu below).

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Publications for Waste Practitioners

Waste Aware Scotland Business Plan 2008 - 2011
Find out what campaigning activities Waste Aware Scotland will be involved in for the next few years.

• Business Plan

Public Attitudes Survey Reports
Read our 2002 survey that assessed public attitudes and behaviour towards waste across Scotland. (To view a report, please select the title from the menu below).

Select an Area... Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll & Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries & Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth & Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian Western Isles

Developing, Implementing and Measuring Effective Recycling Advisor Monitoring & Intervention Strategies Annual Report (2007/2008)
This report assesses the success of the Waste Aware Scotland recycling advisor monitoring and intervention strategy. Overall, the report found a strong link between recycling advisor interventions and increased set out rates for kerbside recycling and reductions in set out rates of excess waste.

• Recycling Advisor Report

Waste Aware Scotland Campaigning Guidance
If your organisation produces Waste Aware campaign materials, use this guidance to ensure that your materials are consistent with the national brand, and that they communicate your campaign messages effectively.

• Waste Aware Scotland Campaign Brand Guidelines
• Waste Aware Scotland Campaign Exemplar Campaigning Strategies

Presentations & Workshops
A range of presentations and workshops on reduce, reuse, recycle, for both children and adults, is available across Scotland from your Local Authority or Waste Aware Scotland Officers. We can also host an information stand or activity at your local event. To find out more about arranging a talk, presentation or workshop for a school or community group in your area, please contact us.

Publications by our Partners

The SEPA website contains a number of resources that you might find helpful including:

• National Waste Strategy
• National Waste Plan
• Area Waste Plans
• SEPA Waste Digest (Statistical summary of collected waste data)

The Energy Saving Trust website contains a number of helpful resources on reducing carbon and energy use including:

• A vision for a low carbon lifestyle

For sector specific information please see the full list of Waste Aware Websites. Other useful websites can be found on the Links page of this website.

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