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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Press Releases
Find the latest Friends of the Earth Scotland press releases
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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FoES response to Scottish Government’s Circular Economy Strategy consultation
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.
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Letter to the Cabinet Secretary on the Scottish Government’s Circular Economy Strategy
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.
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Waste plan is ‘wasted opportunity’ for Scotland
Civil society groups and environmental campaigners are demanding major changes to the Scottish Government’s draft plan on waste and material use.
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‘A huge plastic hole’ Ministers slammed over waste plan’s gap
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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