Publication - Consultation paper

Single-use food containers and other single-use items: call for evidence

Published: 7 April 2022
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change
ISBN: 9781804353325

This call for evidence will help inform policy development on how to reduce consumption of single-use food containers and other single-use items which will in turn help the move to a more circular economy.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

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16. The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (legislation.gov.uk)

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