The Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC) have published a report entitled “Towards  a Circular Economy: Scotland’s Bioresource Flows”. The report is an independent assessment of existing evidence and the quality of the evidence on “bioarisings”. The report finds that there is poor quality evidence, and generally a lack of primary data.

Recommendations for improving the collection and dispersion of data include:

• Mandatory digital waste tracking;
• Set SMART targets aligned with data collection;
• Facilitate the sharing of bioarisings data, especially on temporospatial variation;
• Promote sub-national independent connectivity.

The SSAC report also recommends moving away from language that refers to bioarisings as “waste”.

The report can be read here. Please contact us here with any questions.