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Civil society groups from across the UK have united on the UN International Day of Zero Waste (30 March 2026) to tell UK and devolved governments not to waste the opportunity to make mandatory bin collections for plastic film being introduced in March 2027 ‘green, fair and safe’.
Environmental campaigners are celebrating the decision to cancel plans to expand the Levenseat waste incinerator in Scotland.
Campaigners said they are ‘desperately disappointed’ that Octopus Energy, are continuing to invest in the Irvine incinerator
Civil society groups and environmental campaigners are demanding major changes to the Scottish Government’s draft plan on waste and material use.
Campaigners are concerned that by Christmas 2026 households in Scotland will have seen no reduction in the excessive plastic they are forced to deal with.
International human rights experts this month told the Scottish Government how it can reduce the harms of damaging business supply chains.
Environmental groups have reacted to the publication of an investigation by Scotland’s environmental watchdog about incineration.
The Scottish Government has allowed a new incinerator to start burning waste in Scotland, despite hundreds of objections and a local campaign against the incinerator.
The Scottish Government have pushed back the date of its ban on sending biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) to landfill for the second time to 2028. The original ban was set for 2021. This was pushed back to 2025 and has now been extended again until 2028.
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