The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) issued a revised position statement in June 2014 which recognised the PAS110 as a valid specification in Scotland, provided certain additional provisions are satisfied; these were covered in SEPA Position Statement - WST-PS-016 - version 4 - Issued June 2014.
SEPA has revised their end-of-waste regulatory position statement for digestate (and compost). The revised statement issued in February 2017 (SEPA Position Statement – WST-PS-016 – version 5 – Issued February 2017) introduces additional standards and a phased-in approach to reducing the levels of plastic contained within digestate:
SEPA released a food waste management scheme which sets out their expectations across the food waste chain. These are:
This scheme aims to highlight that persons involved in producing and/or managing waste have a legal duty to promote the expectations set out by the Scottish government. This can be encouraged in ways such as:
The article further details the obligations that food waste producers, food waste collectors, food waste treatment facilities and land managers have towards the scheme.
For further information please view the PDF link to the guidance here: https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/219841/wst-g-049-food-waste-management-in-scotland.pdf