On June 9 2010 Scotland has announced they will reduce 20M tonnes of waste to zero.

The Scottish Government’s zero waste plan was released by Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead.

The document by the Scots speaks of a complete stop on all reusable waste or recycling being landfilled by 2020.

They have also set 2 new targets on all of Scotland’s waste, one being a 70% target for recycling and secondly, a maximum of only 5% sent to landfill, both have a target year of 2025.

Mr Lochhead said: “We can’t go on as business as usual because we can’t afford to and because resources are finite.

“We are taking decisive action and setting ambitious targets, this includes a new 70% target for all waste to be recycled by 2025.”

“The plan will help deliver progressive landfill bans, with the end goal of no waste with reuse or recycling potential being landfilled by 2020.”

BuilderScrap encourages moves such as this and hope the English Government looks at this complete stamp out of waste and inspires them to be so bold.