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WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE
5. A new generation of installations is needed to manage waste; much broader than that necessary to support the established tradition of collection and final disposal of mixed waste to landfill. Community infrastructure such as bottle and paper banks is already well established raising relatively minor if any planning issues. Separation at source leads to waste streams suitable for a wide range of treatment technologies designed to capture value from the resource. The Waste Technology Data Centre 7 provides facts on waste treatment technologies. New installations typically house industrial processes in enclosed buildings suitable to a broad range of sites and reference should be made to paragraphs 25-31 of this SPP and to Planning for Waste Management Facilities8 circulated to all planning authorities in March 2005. Composting, transfer stations, materials recycling facilities, anaerobic digestion, mechanical and biological and thermal treatment plant represent the principal options to meet future needs. With operational control regulated by SEPA, development planning issues should focus on aspects such as location, visual impact and transport. An increase in the numbers, range and types of installation will be required to manage waste arisings. There has been a trend towards larger landfills on a more dispersed pattern. Landfill will continue to be required for residual wastes from which no further recyclables, products or energy can be recovered.
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