{"id":536,"date":"2019-12-15T07:10:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T07:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efca.net\/?page_id=536"},"modified":"2019-12-22T21:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T21:01:57","slug":"environmental-protection-scotland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efca.net\/?page_id=536","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Protection Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-603\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/efca.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EPS.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efca.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EPS.png 425w, https:\/\/efca.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EPS-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head office<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Room 3 Caledonian Suites, 70 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2QZ<\/li><li>Tel. 0044 141 333 6655; Fax: 0044 141 333 1116<\/li><li>E-mail: john.bynorth@ep-scotland.org.uk&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ep-scotland.org.uk\">www.ep-scotland.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Principle officers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>John Bynorth, Policy and Communications Officer, International contacts <\/li><li>Mr Nigel Kerr, Chair of Board of Trustees <\/li><li>Dr Gordon MacKay, Depute Chair of Board of Trustees<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organisation and objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environmental Protection Scotland (EPS) was\nfounded in 2012 and established following the contraction of Environmental\nProtection UK. It maintained and developed its membership services and has\nestablished itself as the national forum in Scotland for practitioners and\npolicy makers in environmental protection and improvement to come together to <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Share knowledge and best practice, <\/li><li>Provide quality training and development for\n     environmental practitioners <\/li><li>Support innovative practice, and <\/li><li>Provide impartial, scientific and critical\n     analysis on European, UK and Scottish environmental legislation. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>EPS works towards a cleaner, quieter,\nhealthier, sustainable Scotland in the fields of air quality, land quality and\nnoise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in its fifth year of operation, EPS has an\nexpanded staff of 3. It has 75% of Scottish Local Authorities as members as\nwell as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland\nand a number of consultancies and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activities <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide training\nevents <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respond to relevant\nconsultations <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coordinate 2018 Clean\nAir Day in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contribute to relevant\ngovernment and other agency meetings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EPS is in the process\nof developing a number of publications and public information leaflets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A monthly online\nnewsletter for members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head office Room 3 Caledonian Suites, 70 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2QZ Tel. 0044 141 333 6655; Fax: 0044 141 333 1116 E-mail: john.bynorth@ep-scotland.org.uk&nbsp; Website: www.ep-scotland.org.uk Principle officers John Bynorth, Policy and Communications Officer, International contacts Mr Nigel Kerr, Chair of Board of Trustees Dr Gordon MacKay, Depute Chair of Board of Trustees Organisation and objectives Environmental Protection Scotland (EPS) was founded in 2012 and established following the contraction of Environmental Protection UK. It maintained and developed its membership services and has established itself as the national forum in Scotland for practitioners and policy makers in environmental protection and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 08:37:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions\/634"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efca.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}