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Soil
Scotland’s soils are an important natural resource providing a wide range of benefits for people, the environment and the economy. It is essential to protect soils to ensure they are able to continue to provide these benefits for future generations.
Why are soils important?
Soils are a vital natural resource as they carry out a wide range of essential functions, such as growing food and timber, co
Packaging waste
What are the regulations that apply to packaging waste?
There are two sets of UK-wide packaging waste regulations which extend the principle of ‘the polluter pays’ to ensure that businesses who produce packaging waste take responsibility for it at the end of its life:
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 updates the previous regulations from 200
Water scarcity
Water scarcity and drought information for Scotland
Water scarcity and drought information for Scotland
Climate change is likely to bring more uncertainty and may exert pressure in areas that have not yet experienced water scarcity. If dry conditions persist across Scotland for a period of time, there becomes an urgency to act to protect water resources for critical activities that support our communities.
SEPA are responsible for the forecast, monitoring and report of the situation facing Scotland'
Local authorities
Local authorities are also required to report to SEPA about waste collected and managed by or on behalf of them. This is done through an online reporting system called WasteDataFlow (WDF). Reports are submitted to SEPA annually, with a submission deadline of 28 February.
Local authority waste data are verified on an annual basis by the Dataflows Unit and are used to help fulfil Scotland’s report
Developing our flooding knowledge
We are continually working to develop and improve our knowledge on flood risk and flooding impacts and to identify new technologies to better support our flooding work.
We are continually working to develop and improve our knowledge on flood risk and flooding impacts and to identify new technologies to better support our flooding work.
As the strategic flood risk management authority in Scotland we are continually working to develop and improve our knowledge of the sources and impacts of flooding. We have developed a knowledge base of methods, guidance and summaries that may be useful to responsible authorities, academic projects and consultants delivering flood risk management projects, which can be accessed below.
National Fl
Waste data reporting
Some of the reporting carried out by the Dataflows Unit is given below.
Publication
Latest reporting year
Publication frequency
Driver
Next publication due
Waste from all sources - data and quality report
2022
Annual
1
July 2025
Household Waste Discover Data tool
2022
Annual
1
29th October 2024, 9:30am
Household waste data - commentary and data tables
20
Publications
A list of publications relating to river basin planning in Scotland and the Solway Tweed.
A list of publications relating to river basin planning in Scotland and the Solway Tweed.
River basin management planning publications
This page provides a full list of RBMP publications listed in order from the most recent to the earliest work. his page provides a full list of RBMP publications listed in order from the most recent to the earliest work.
Date
Publication
2024
Statement of consultation opportunities during development of the next River Basin Management Plan f
UK Pollutant and Transfer Register
The UK-PRTR is a publicly accessible dataset that provides detailed information about pollution emissions from industrial sites and other designated sources across the United Kingdom.
As a consequence of EU exit, the E-PRTR Regulation became UK law and is known as the UK-PRTR. The EU and the UK are signatories to the UNECE PRTR Protocol, which is the overarching legal instrument for the respective
Environmental crime protocol
A summary of SEPA's responsibilities relating to evironmental crime protocal.
A summary of SEPA's responsibilities relating to evironmental crime protocal.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Services (COPFS) and SEPA are committed to ensuring effective liaison so that reports from SEPA achieve the best outcome for the environment and the public interest. The Environmental Crime Protocol has been developed to ensure that liaison arrangements between COPFS and SEPA are transparent, with cases being dealt with in the most effective and consistent wa
Information for Approved Bodies
If you are an Approved Body, or are considering becoming an Approved Body, the following information should contain everything you need to know. If you need any further information, please contact us.
What Approved Bodies do
Approved Bodies are organisations, approved by us, that distribute SLCF funding. They receive contributions from landfill operators and consider applications for funding. Each