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Viridor are proposing to build one of Scotland’s biggest incinerators in South Lanarkshire.

Scotland is going backwards on waste and the rush to incineration threatens to lock us into a low-recycling, high-carbon, resource-wasting future.

Almost a year after Scotland’s Circular Economy Bill was postponed, we look ahead to what’s next for Scotland’s transition to a circular economy.

East Ayrshire Council has granted planning permission for a new “energy-from-waste” incinerator.

Single-use plastic items are a symbol of the throwaway culture, but by next year, many of these ‘disposable’ items will be banned across Europe.

During this week’s Environmenstrual Week, we’re looking at how plastic free periods are a growing inequality issue.

We must keep pushing for systemic changes to tackle the problem of plastic at its source.

Recycle Week is recognising the sacrifices that key workers and citizens have made to keep recycling going.

Find out more about the End Period Plastic Campaigner Ella Daish.

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