John Crawford

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Agenda: Let's not waste a lot of hard work

When John Major signed the Maastricht Agreement and committed the UK to the EEC Landfill Directive, he apparently wasn’t aware of the consequences and left the UK waste management industry with the dilemma of meeting very challenging landfill waste diversion targets by 2020.

Opinion John Crawford: Has Zero Waste Scotland delivered the goods?

Before devolution, Scottish Office ministers relied on professional advice from their staff at the Hazard Waste Inspectorate, and a few members of the Scottish Centre Council of the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (CIWM): experienced senior waste managers employed by Scottish councils who provided advice without fear or favour.