15 May 2009LARS Needs Assessment

Report Summary

To guide the programme a steering group, chaired by COSLA (and represented by 7 Local Authority Waste Management Officers) and including Remade Scotland, Waste Aware Scotland (WAS) and the Waste & Resource Action Programme (WRAP), was established.

The thirty two Scottish Councils identified 54 research and support topics, which
were categorised into 9 broad themes. These nine broad themes were:

1. Collection Schemes
2. Reprocessing & Treatment Technologies
3. Markets, Outlets & Contracts
4. Education, Awareness & Public Support
5. Staff Training & Development
6. Data
7. Commercial Waste
8. Community Sector
9. Recycling Centres

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