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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.
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.
Politicians are floundering around trying to respond to decisions by companies, rather than actively shaping the future of our industries.
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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