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CLOSE IMPORT LOOPHOLE TO CUT SCOTLAND’S CARBON FOOTPRINT

Close import loophole to cut Scotland’s carbon footprint

Figures released by the Scottish Government this week (9 June) show that Scotland’s carbon footprint has increased 1.6% from 2021 to 2022.

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Powderhall waste depot, Edinburgh

Councils face escalating £28mill bill for plastic waste burning

The Scottish Government must bear the blame for encouraging councils to incinerate waste, rather than reduce and recycle it.

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Aligning UK critical mineral policies with the human rights and environmental priorities of devolved nations

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Resource Justice Plan for Scotland

Resource justice means using materials and products fairly and sustainably.

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Calls for plastic recycling changes to be green, fair and safe

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’.

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Joint civil society position on the four nations commitment to plastic film collections

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.

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Plans to ditch Scottish incinerator ‘a win for the environment’

Environmental campaigners are celebrating the decision to cancel plans to expand the Levenseat waste incinerator in Scotland. 

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Octopus Energy’s green reputation ‘going up in smoke’

Campaigners said they are ‘desperately disappointed’ that Octopus Energy, are continuing to invest in the Irvine incinerator

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Response to Scottish Government consultation on Draft Climate Change Plan

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.

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