Scotland’s invisible consumption impact
Scotland need’s to take responsibility for the impact of its consumption overseas as well as at home.
Scotland need’s to take responsibility for the impact of its consumption overseas as well as at home.
We’ve taken a look at some of the exciting developments in creating a circular economy around the world to consider ideas for Scotland.
Edinburgh Tool Library shows how we can reduce our consumption by sharing instead of buying.
Our throwaway culture is a major contributor to the climate crisis and is causing excessive waste. We need to move to a circular economy to change this.
Steel is a vital part of our economy today and it still will be in the future, even a more sustainable, circular one – but we need to change the way we recycle it.
If we want our waste systems to be more sustainable, Scotland needs to move to a carbon-based targets rather than the current weight-based system.
Over-consumption is pushing our planet to breaking point. COP negotiations need to stop rich countries from outsourcing emissions.
As we rush to replace fossil fuel based plastics with alternatives, we look at whether bioplastics are actually as environmentally friendly as they claim to be.