I was chairing MRW's Scotland conference this week up in Glasgow and was really interested in the ambitious plans that Scotland has for "zero waste". Well 70% recycling, 25% energy from waste (undecided what this means but probably a mix of technologies) and 5% landfill (there will always be something) by 2020.
I'm impressed that the Scottish Government has such ambitious plans, but they really have got a long way to go to meet their targets. In fact, England is still ahead of them in terms of percentage recycled (England is on about 36% and Scotland 32%). But Scotland is way ahead in its thinking - as is Wales - and it is certainly something that us English could learn from.
Paul Sanderson, editor, MRW
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