Litter strategy - five years on: review

Footnotes

1. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 crisis, it was not possible to deliver all the legislation the Scottish Government had previously intended to deliver. As a result, it was confirmed that the Circular Economy Bill would not be introduced in the current Parliamentary Session.

2. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 crisis, it was not possible to deliver all the legislation the Scottish Government had previously intended to deliver. As a result, it was confirmed that the Circular Economy Bill would not be introduced in the current Parliamentary Session.

3. Litter and Flytipping contributes to climate change in two main ways. Litter and flytipping are wasted resources that have been lost from the circular economy. As well as the embodied energy of the resource itself being wasted, further energy is required to collect and process the litter or flytipping, most of which can then only be sent to energy from waste or landfill, due to the poor quality of the material.

4. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 crisis, it was not possible to deliver all the legislation the Scottish Government had previously intended to deliver. As a result, it was confirmed that the Circular Economy Bill would not be introduced in the current Parliamentary Session.