
Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Response to Developing Scotland’s circular economy: consultation on proposals for legislation
Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to a Scottish Government’s consultation on Developing Scotland’s circular economy
Scottish Government launches Circular Economy Consultation
Welcome for Circular Economy Bill consultation but failure to set targets to cut resource overuse.

Welcome for charge on single-use cups
Campaigners say it is an important step to cutting the enormous amount of waste generated by our throwaway society.
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.
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.
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.
Microplastic pollution widespread in British lakes and rivers – new study
Plastic pollution found in several British waterways leads to calls for better monitoring.
Welcome for Scottish Conservative proposals on waste and recycling
Support for a new plastic recycling plant could cut emissions and boost the circular economy.
