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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Pulpex secures investment to build fiber bottle factory in Scotland
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Biffa sues Scottish government over DRS delay
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Major food brands to participate in new returnable cup scheme across Glasgow
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Scottish researchers use sawdust to develop ‘high-value’ chemicals
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Scotland launches consultation on charge for single-use beverage cups
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Scotland Goes Deposit Return Scheme
Recycling scheme will go live in 2023
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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