These regulations will amend the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011.

The amendments made will implement the 2024 Code of Practice on Sampling and Reporting at Materials Facilities through requirements on pollution prevention and control permit or waste management licence holders.

The Waste (Materials Facilities) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 will amend the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 on 1 April 2025.

This legislation will apply in Scotland only.

What will change?

The amendments made implement the 2024 Code of Practice on Sampling and Reporting at Materials Facilities (the ‘Materials Facilities Code’). This will supersede the prior code from 2015.

SEPA will be required to ensure that permits or waste management licences granted or varied for materials facilities on or after 1 April 2025 will require the holder to comply with the Materials Facilities Code.

Supporting definitions will be updated to enable the code to be applied.

Definition

Materials facility – this term refers to two types of plant:

• Materials recovery facilities where dry recyclable waste is treated to separate waste into a dry waste stream or streams; and
• Facilities where dry recyclable waste from more than one supplier is bulked to sell or transfer the waste to other parties to enable waste to be prepared for re-use or recycling

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