Project publications
Reports, tools and resources
Follow the links to published LIFE SMART Waste project reports:
- Action B3 - Competitive Intelligence literature review
- Action B4 - Horizon scanning - Phase 1 (Research) literature review
- Action B4 - Horizon scanning toolkit
- Action B5 - Waste flows audit approach (Final report)
- Action B6 - Assessment of financial indicators to detect waste crime (Research & Recommendations)
- Action B7 - Waste flow tracking devices (Final report)
- Action B8 - Remote Sensing – Phase 1 (Research) final report
- Action B8 - Remote Sensing - Phase 1 (Research) non-technical summary
Additional project resources
The following project resources are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:
- B3 Competitive Intelligence – The Basics v2.0
- B3 Competitive Behaviours Toolkit
- B5 (B10) Waste Crime Indicators Toolkit v4.0
- B6 Guidance for use of the Financial Risk Qualitative Screening Tool v1.0
- B6 Financial Risk Assessment - Qualitative Screening Tool
- B6 Guidance for use of the Quantitative financial risk assessment tool v1.0
- B6 Financial Risk Assessment - Quantitative Assessment Tool
- B8 Pilot 1: Indicators of ground activity - Remote Sensing Tools developed during a Live Case v1.0
- B8 Pilot 1: Indicators of ground activity - Remote Sensing Tools developed during a Live Case - User Guide
- B8 Pilot 2: Waste Detection Utility using Earth Observation - User Guide
- B8 Pilot 2: Using Remote Sensing (RS) approaches to detect waste materials: Software User Manual v1.0
- B8 Pilot 2: Using Remote Sensing (RS) approaches to detect waste materials: Final Evaluation Report: Waste Tyres, Plastics & Silage v4.0
- B8 Pilot 4: Detection of Unknown Waste Sites using Remote Sensing (RS) Techniques Final Report v1.0
- B8 Pilot 4: Detection of Unknown Waste Sites Using Remote Sensing (RS) Techniques: Workflow Guidance for application of waste crime mapping tools v1.0
- B8 Pilot 4: Detection of Unknown Waste Sites by remote sensing techniques – Application of waste crime mapping tools – User Guide
To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:
- Full name;
- Title/position;
- Organisation;
- Contact telephone number;
- The specific name of the resource(s) requested.
Additional project resources
The following project resources are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:
- B10 Strategic Assessment Emerging Criminal Trends in Europe following China's plastic waste import restrictions v2.0
- B10 Guidance for Open Source investigative techniques for use by environmental regulators v1.0
- B11 Intelligence Report 2 – Vulnerability Study Waste Tyres v1.0
- B11 Intelligence Report 3 – Waste Haulier involvement in cross-border criminality (UK) v1.0
- B11 Intelligence Report 4 - Vulnerability Study Waste Brokers v1.0
To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:
- Full name;
- Title/position;
- Organisation;
- Contact telephone number;
- The specific name of the resource(s) requested.
- Action B12 - Barriers to joint working: Issues affecting joint working in tackling waste crime
- Action B13 - Overcoming barriers to joint working: Group structures required
- Action B14 - Intervention design literature review
- Action B14 - Intervention Design Manual
- Action B15 - Intervention bundle 1 - Illegal warehousing of waste
- Action B15 - Intervention bundle 2 - Illegal haulage of waste
Additional project resources
The following project resources are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:
- B14 Interventions Design Manual v4.0
- B14 Guidance for managers to run Intervention Design workshops v2.0
- B14 iDEPEND Guide for EU LIFE SMART Waste Project. v1.0
- B15 Intervention Bundle 3 - Waste Brokers involvement in illegal handling of waste v1.0
To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:
- Full name;
- Title/position;
- Organisation;
- Contact telephone number;
- The specific name of the resource(s) requested.
The following recommendation reports are available by request to environmental regulators and law enforcement agencies only:
- B16 Policy and legislative recommendation report Scotland v3.0
- B16 Policy and legislative recommendation report UK v3.0
- B16 Policy and legislative recommendation report EU Member States v3.0
To request access to these resources, please e-mail lifesmartwaste@sepa.org.uk providing the following information:
- Full name;
- Title/position;
- Organisation;
- Contact telephone number;
- The specific name of the resource(s) requested.
Project e-newsletters
Follow the links to the project's e-newsletters:
Videos
Follow the links to all LIFE SMART Waste videos, the project's Final Conference videos or the selected links below:
| LIFE SMART Waste project progress | Multi-agency action to 'Drive out waste crime', 2018 |
| 'Drive out waste crime' campaign, 2018 | Crimestoppers social media campaign, 2018 |
Digital brochures
Follow the links below to the project's digital brochures:
| Issue 1 (September 2015) - Background information | Issue 2 (July 2017) - Project progress | Issue 3 (May 2020) - Results & recommendations |
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Supporting information
Follow the links below to materials published in support of the LIFE SMART Waste project:
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Project summary (May 2015): |
Copyright
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