Best practice adoption in Scotland’s Built Environment

Primary Author or Creator:
Claire Brady
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Lottie Macnair, Ben Long
Publisher:
Zero Waste Scotland
Alternative Published Date
2024
Type of Resource:
Report
Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
103pp
Fast Facts

The extent of best practice waste reduction measures adopted in Scotland’s built environment sector. 

More details
  • Low uptake and awareness of published best practices for waste reduction
  • Best practice is commonly perceived at a conceptual level
  • A lack of incentive to reduce waste in Scotland’s construction industry.
  • The majority of stakeholders take a RICS-based (Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors) approach to whole life cycle carbon assessments
  • A lack of available and suitable data for these assessments, particularly at the early stage of projects, with more accurate data being used at the latter end of projects
  • Stakeholders perceived the value of these assessments but suggested their limited application in early stages of projects meant that there was minimal potential for change.
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