- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much paper it discarded each year over the last three years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26602 on 11 September 2009, for information in respect of discarded paper that is recycled. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
It is not possible to disaggregate volumes of any other papers that may have been included within the general waste stream.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of recycled paper it procures.
Answer
Three quarters of the paper purchased through the national paper agreement had a recycled content of between 80 and 100 per cent. All other paper types purchased were produced from sustainably sourced wood fibre.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much material it recycled each year over the last three years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26602 on 11 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much paper it used each year over the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Government purchased the following volumes of paper in the last three years:
| Year | Volume (sheets) |
| April 2006 - March 2007 | 20,107,429 |
| April 2007 - March 2008 | 31,054,298 |
| April 2008 “ March 2009 | 34,958,920 |
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much paper it recycled each year over the last three years.
Answer
The latest information on waste arisings including paper recycling is detailed in the Scottish Government Environmental Performance Annual Reports for 2005-06 to 2007-08, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 42350, 44178 and 48458).
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to reduce the amount of food waste it produces.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s catering contractor is contractually required to keep food waste to a minimum. This is achieved through specified portion controls and ensuring that the volume of food in catering orders is appropriate.
Currently no separate records of food waste are maintained. However, a new waste management contract is being let which will require the waste contractor to improve the handling of waste, including food waste, to allow improved waste disposal options to be introduced, including composting.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much paper was used by public sector bodies each year over the last three years.
Answer
Information on the amount of paper used by public sector bodies is not held centrally. However, the national contract for paper introduced by Procurement Scotland in September 2008 has been utilised by a significant number of public sector bodies and, during the period September to June 2009, approximately 1.3 billion sheets of paper were purchased through the new contract arrangements. All of the paper purchased under the new contract is from sustainable sources (either recycled or FSC certified).
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Salmond on 10 September 2009
To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Government has put in place to assist local authorities dealing with flooding incidents such as those experienced last week.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0910-01.htm
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much food waste it produced each year over the last three years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26614 on 10 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to assess the levels of food waste in its own offices.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26614 on 10 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
