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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’.
38 civil society groups have united to tell UK and devolved governments not to waste the opportunity to make mandatory bin collections for plastic film 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
The Plan is lacking in both detail and policy and does not represent a robust route to meeting climate goals. The next Scottish Government must go further than the policies outlined in this CCP if it wishes to tackle the climate emergency in a just and equitable way.
The Scottish Government’s draft circular economy strategy is unfit for purpose and, without fundamental changes, is likely to lead to significant harms to people or nature.
In an open letter to Gillian Martin, the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, 30 civil society groups and individuals have called on the Scottish Government to put people and nature before profit in the Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland.
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.
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