Charging for single-use disposable beverage cups: consultation

Footnotes

1. Scottish Litter Survey: Tracking public perceptions and attitudes towards litter and littering behaviour, Keep Scotland Beautiful, 2023

2. Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

3. Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill

4. Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

5. The Environment Strategy for Scotland, 2022, Scottish Government

6. Using products and resources responsibly - our corporate plan (2019-23), Zero Waste Scotland, 2019

7. The Circularity Gap Report Scotland, 2022, Circle Economy Foundation

8. Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030: consultation, Scottish Government

9. Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill

10. Programme for Government, 2017 to 2018, Scottish Government

11. Environmental Charging and Other Measures: Expert Panel, Scottish Government

12. Single-use disposable cups: EPECOM recommendations, 2019, EPECOM

13. Delivering Scotland's circular economy - route map to 2025 and beyond: consultation, 2022, Scottish Government

14. Single-use disposable cups: EPECOM recommendations, 2019, EPECOM

15. Programme for Government, 2020 to 2021, Scottish Government

16. Single-Use Disposable Cups Charge Advisory Group, Scottish Government

17. Consumption of Single-use Disposable Beverage Cups in Scotland, 2022, Zero Waste Scotland

18. The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014

19. The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021

20. Scotland’s Carrier Bag Commitment, Zero Waste Scotland, 2014

21. Increase to Carrier Bag Charge, 2021, Scottish Government Press Release

22. Consumption of Single-use Disposable Beverage Cups in Scotland, 2022, Zero Waste Scotland

23. Disposable Coffee Cups: Why Are They a Problem, and What Can Be Done? Lenaghan, M., 2017. Zero Waste Scotland

24. Ibid

25. Disposable Packaging: Coffee Cups (Report of Session 2017-19 No. Second), 2018, Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons

26. Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill, Financial Memorandum, 2023, Scottish Parliament

27. Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations

28. Directive 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, European Union

29. Waste Framework Directive, European Commission

30. Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030: consultation, January 2024, Scottish Government

31. Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation, 2022, Scottish Government

32. Single-use disposable cups: EPECOM recommendations, 2019, EPECOM

33. The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

34. The Environmental Protection (Cotton Buds) (Scotland) Regulations 2019

35. The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

36. Action on single-use vapes, 2024, Scottish Government Press Release

37. Ban on wet wipes containing plastic moves closer, 2023, Scottish Government Press Release

38. Deposit return scheme - Managing waste, Scottish Government

39. Priorities for Scotland: First Minister's statement - 22 May 2024, Scottish Government

40. Programme for Government, 2023 to 2024, Scottish Government

41. Switching to reusable cups – examples from Scotland and Beyond, 2023, Zero Waste Scotland

42. 5p Paper Cup Charge, Starbucks

43. Influences on single-use and reusable cup use: a multidisciplinary mixed-methods approach to designing interventions reducing plastic waste (3):13, Allison A.L., et. al, UCL Open Environment, 2021

44. Business: New Deal for Business Group - Report on Progress & Recommendations: Implementation Plan, October 2023, Scottish Government

45. Rapid review of charging for disposable coffee cups and other waste minimisation measure, 2019, University of Cardiff

46. The Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill gives Scottish Ministers discretion to require, through regulations, that the net proceeds (amounts charged takeaway any reasonable costs and VAT), are to be used for ‘the advancement of environmental protection or improvement or to any other purposes that may be reasonably regarded as analogous’ however, this still requires to be interpreted in the context of the reservation that relates to taxation. Any measures to direct the use of receipts must not amount to the creation of a new tax and this may limit the design options. The proposal, therefore, is to use the power described above to require that suppliers use the net proceeds of the charge for environmental purposes, which could for instance be the creation of a returnable cup system.

47. Rapid review of charging for disposable coffee cups and other waste minimisation measure, 2019, University of Cardiff

48. How incentive framing can harness the power of social norms, 2019, Lieberman et al

49. Scotland’s Carrier Bag Commitment, 2014, Zero Waste Scotland

50. Business: New Deal for Business Group - Report on Progress & Recommendations: Implementation Plan, October 2023, Scottish Government