
Deposit return scheme support should end delay calls
Campaigners have welcomed the news that small businesses will be supported to launch Scotland’s deposit return scheme on time this year in August 2023.

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Campaigners have welcomed the news that small businesses will be supported to launch Scotland’s deposit return scheme on time this year in August 2023.

Environmental campaigners have said that Scotland’s deposit return scheme should be delivered without any more unnecessary delay.

Environmental campaigners have welcomed the recommendation that incineration of plastics must end by 2030 in Scotland. The call came as part of an independent review commissioned by the Scottish Government…

Environmental campaigners have welcomed the news that plans for a new incinerator at Rothesay Dock in Clydebank have been cancelled.

Scotland’s levels of unsustainable material consumption have been laid bare in a new report, which gave is the worst circularity score of any country assessed to date.

A new report shows that biostabilisation, a way of managing waste, has significant carbon savings over incineration and landfill.

A new report shows there is strong public support for targets to reduce consumption to be included in a new circular economy law in Scotland.

Environmental campaigners say we should resist the shopping frenzy this Black Friday for the sake of the planet.

The NESS incinerator in Aberdeen is not complete as it’s due to start accepting waste from three councils.

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