Response to the ECCLR Committee on a Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland
FoES response to a Scottish Parliament Committee’s call for evidence on the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Green groups call for radical change on single use plastics
Politicians urged to back plan to ban single-use coffee cups and unrecyclable food packaging cups in Scotland.
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Environmental groups call for new Scottish law to tackle waste and resource use
An ambitious Circular Economy Bill would increase the amount of materials reused and recycled by Scottish businesses and households, helping to protect our environment and cut resource use.
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Microplastic pollution widespread in British lakes and rivers – new study
Plastic pollution found in several British waterways leads to calls for better monitoring.
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Welcome for Scottish Conservative proposals on waste and recycling
Support for a new plastic recycling plant could cut emissions and boost the circular economy.
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Response to the consultation on a Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland
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Scottish Government offices to ban disposable cups
A symbolic step towards tackling plastic pollution.
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Huge task ahead for Expert Panel to tackle Plastic Pollution
We need to address root causes of the plastics problem and find solutions that don’t simply shift the damaging impacts elsewhere.
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Parliamentary Briefing – Stemming the Plastic Tide (Feb 2018)
Friends of the Earth Scotland’s briefing to MSPs ahead of the Scottish Parliament debate “Stemming the Plastic Tide: Action to Tackle the Impact of Single-use Plastics on Land and in our Seas,” on Wednesday 7 February 2018.
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