Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) is a Scottish charity incorporated as a company limited by guarantee. The charity's name is Environmental Campaigns (Scotland), trading as Keep Scotland Beautiful and the organisation has existed for around 40 years. The objectives of the charity are to 'protect, preserve and enhance the environment in Scotland to the benefit of the public and to educate the public about ways in which this can be achieved'.
KSB is based in Stirling and delivers a number of national programmes about environmental education and sustainable development including:
KSB works closely with the Scottish Government, local authorities and communities in promoting its aims and objectives including Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), is the professional body which represents over 7,000 waste management professionals - predominantly in the UK but also overseas. The CIWM sets the professional standards for individuals working in the waste management industry and has various grades of membership determined by education, qualification and experience. The Institute has its Headquarters in Northampton and also operates ten regional Centres. Located throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, these centres run an active programme of events for local members.
CIWM is dedicated to the protection & enhancement of the environment by the development of scientific, technical and management standards, the implementation of practical competency policies and procedures, and the promotion of the highest professional standards in all sectors of the industry.
www.ciwm.co.uk
The Scottish Environmental Services Association (SESA) is the sectoral trade association for Scotland's managers of waste and secondary resource management. Our Members provide essential waste and secondary resource management services to the public and private sectors. We are working with the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government and SEPA to bring about a sustainable system of waste management for Scotland. SESA's Members wish to be enabled to deliver Scotland's compliance with relevant EU law and restore to the productive economy more of the materials and energy contained in waste.
www.essauk.org/scotland
SEPA is the public body responsible for environmental protection in Scotland. Its main aim is to:
"provide an efficient and integrated environmental protection system for Scotland that will improve the environment and contribute to the government's goal of sustainable development." In broad terms, SEPA regulates:
Other principal responsibilities include maintaining a flood warning system, implementing the National Waste Strategy,controlling, with the Health and Safety Executive, the risk of major accidents at industrial sites and operating the Scottish part of the Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network. SEPA also works with many other organisations to help protect and improve the environment.
www.sepa.org.uk
Launched in 1998, the Caledonian Environment Centre is Scotland's 'Centre of Excellence for Waste Management' positioned within the school of the Built and Natural Environment at Glasgow Caledonian University.
The Centre supports environmental policies in line with the National Waste Strategy for Scotland, waste minimisation initiatives and supporting EU Directives to reduce waste to landfill and establish the waste hierarchy of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
www.gcal.ac.uk/environment
The Centre provides the waste management industry with expertise in the areas of:
'Scottish Enterprise's remit as Scotland's enterprise, innovation and investment agency remains solid despite the recent economic uncertainty. Our focus is to support business growth and work with private and public sector partners to help build an internationally competitive environment. We continue to focus our efforts on Scotland's key sectors, where Scotland already has existing competitive advantage and which offer the greatest potential to transform Scotland's economy.'
www.scottish-enterprise.com
LARAC is an organisation for Local Authorities run by people in Local Authorities. It was formed in 1985 to represent the emerging voice of local government recycling officers. Full Membership is open to any local authority within the UK. We represent local authority views in waste and recycling issues, and we are run by an Executive of 20 local authorities waste management officers. We have 396 members from authorities in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales "
www.larac.org.uk
The SWRC Steering Group is a project partnership comprising
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