Tag: Scotland
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Scottish college launches reverse vending machine trial offering 20p per bottle
https://resource.co/article/scottish-college-launches-reverse-vending-machine-trial-offering-20p-bottle
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Carbon Metric Report for Scotland Household Waste
Since 2011, Scotland has been measuring the lifecycle impacts of waste – demonstrating how waste reduction and sustainable waste management can play a critical role in the fight against climate change.
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Scotland Deposit Return Scheme Update
Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme on course for August 2023 launch
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Morrisons Opens Chemical Recycling Plant in Scotland
Site tackles UK challenge of ‘hard to recycle’ soft plastic. The site is the first of its kind that can process a mix of plastics, including film, into reusable materials
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University of Glasgow Develops New Method to Produce Anilines
Researchers at a Scottish university have found a greener, cleaner way to produce a common chemical relied on by multibillion-dollar industries.
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Scotland to Build Plastic To Hydrogen Plant
Plastic to hydrogen facility in West Dunbartonshire approved to help country produce cleaner energy
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Scottish Partnership to Recycle Fishing Ropes and Nets
The recycling initiative is the result of a joint venture between marine equipment and technology supplier Gael Force and Ocean Plastic Pots, a Glasgow-based business.
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Consultation on Circular Economy in Scotland
This consultation seeks views on the Scottish Government’s proposals for legislation to develop Scotland’s circular economy.
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Scotland Launches CO2 Utilisation Challenge Fund (FREE)
£5m fund launched to develop carbon dioxide utilisation technology
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Attenborough’s Cameraman Asks Scotland to Ban Wet Wipes
Sir David Attenborough’s Scots cameraman calls on Nicola Sturgeon to ban plastic wet wipes
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Scottish Startup Makes Surfactants from Fish Waste
Fish oils used to create key component for eco-friendly detergents
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Re-Introducing Sugar Beets in Scotland
A Just Transition for the Chemicals Sector and a Net Zero Solution for Manufacturing
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Scotland to Ban Straws and PS Packaging
Scotland to ban plastic straws and polystyrene food boxes from June
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Glasgow Waste Collectors on Strike
COP26 activists join pickets to urge Glasgow City Council to “value and respect” cleansing staff
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Scottish Waste Export is Unacceptable
‘Unacceptable’ – Scotland should not be exporting its waste elsewhere, says Zero Waste Scotland
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Scotland Consultation on SUP Ban
Consultation: Introducing market restrictions on single-use plastic items in Scotland
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Scotland Should Stop Burning Trees for Energy
The Scottish Government has been warned that burning trees is not a realistic solution to climate change.
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Scottish Parliament Approves Deposit Return
The deposit return scheme (DRS) has been approved by Scottish parliament in a vote yesterday (13 May) after debate that it should be paused in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Industry Asks to Postpone Scottish Deposit Return Scheme
Trade bodies and consumers call for the plastic bottle and can scheme to be halted. Trade body the Scottish Wholesale Association is urging MSPs to halt the Scottish Government’s Deposit Return Scheme.
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Glasgow to Boost Recycling
Glasgow to see bin collection changes in recycling boost. Streets in the north-east of Glasgow could see changes to kerbside collection.
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New Bioplastics Make-Up Packaging
BRAINY boffins have devised new biodegradable packaging for cosmetics – so customers can look good and do good.
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Scotland and Ireland Create a Bioplastic Hub
An international collaboration to develop shelf-life-extending plastic-free food packaging material from food waste, initially langoustine shells, has been awarded £268,284 by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
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Scotland Delays Ban on Biodegradable Waste Going to Landfill
One the Scottish Government’s flagship climate change commitments of imposing a ban on biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) going to landfill from January 2021 was recently delayed. Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham decided to postpone the ban until 2025 after it became clear from independent research that a number of councils and commercial operators were not ready.
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Charging for SUP Coffee Cups Increases Use of Reusable Cups
Selling disposable cups separately instead of offering discounts for reusables can significantly increase the number of people choosing the more sustainable drinks option, a key new study has found.
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Scotland Plan To Send Biodegradable Waste to Swedish Incinerator Creates Scandal
A row has erupted over a council’s plans to ship biodegradable waste from Scotland to a Swedish incinerator.
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Scottish Government To Tax Coffee Cups
Three articles to summarise the situation regarding beverage cups in Scotland. Published in chronological order.
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Scotland Food Waste Causing More Greenhouse Gas Than Plastic
Food waste is a bigger cause of climate change than plastics, according to Zero Waste Scotland.
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Scots Firm Develop Biodegradable Packaging Made From Langoustines
A Scottish company is developing a biodegradable food wrapping using waste material from shellfish.
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