Publication - Impact assessment

Single-Use Disposable Beverage Cups Charge: Fairer Scotland Duty Summary

Published: 22 August 2024
From: Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change
ISBN: 9781836015505

A Fairer Scotland Duty Summary to support the consultation on the proposed charge on single-use disposable beverage cups in Scotland.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

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

2. Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)

3. Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill

4. Directive (EU) 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 (Text with EEA relevance), European Union, 2019

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

6. Environmental charging and other measures: expert panel, Scottish Government

7. Single-use disposable cups: EPECOM recommendations, Scottish Government, 2019

8. How Incentive Framing Can Harness the Power of Social Norms. Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, Lieberman, A., Duke, K., & Amir., O., 2019

9. Poverty in Scotland 2023, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2023

10. Frequency of coffee consumption from takeaway and at cafes in the United Kingdom in 2021, by generation, Statista

11. Scottish Household Survey 2022: Key Findings, Scottish Government, 2023

12. Going under and without: JRF's cost of living tracker, winter 2022/23, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2022

13. Ibid

14. The Cost of Remoteness: Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty, Scottish Government, 2021

15. Scottish Household Survey 2022: Key Findings, Scottish Government, 2023

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

17. Pride in Place: Tackling Incivilities, Carnegie Trust UK, 2012

18. Factors That Can Undermine the Psychological Benefits of Coastal Environments: Exploring the Effect of Tidal State, Presence, and Type of Litter, Wyles et al., 2016

Contact

Email: supd@gov.scot

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