A report released by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has shown that there is an improvement in terms of compliance across Scottish Waste Management Firms. The report shown a compliance rate of 90.35% in 2016 which is up from 72.48% in 2009. Sadly it still recorded the highest number of cases referred to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (42%), final warning letters (46%) and statutory notices served (48%), as well as the most convictions (38%) were in the Waste Management Sector.

The report released by SEPA has showed a six year high for compliance in Scottish Waste Companies. With 91.7% of all sites recorded as ‘excellent’, ‘good’ or ‘broadly compliant’, Sepa says the waste sector “has long held an unenviable record of falling foul” of the regulations.