Wet wipes containing plastic - proposed ban: strategic environmental assessment

Footnotes

1. Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

2. updated UK Marine Strategy Part Two (last accessed: 14/09/23).

3. Marine strategy part one: UK updated assessment and Good Environmental Status - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

4. Convention | OSPAR Commission

5. Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

6. Marine litter strategy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. Plastics - Scottish Water

8. Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (legislation.gov.uk) Accessed on 18 May 2023.

9. Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and NatureScot (NS).

10. Fine to Flush - a major new development in the fight against fatbergs | Water UK

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

12. Introducing market restrictions on single-use plastic items in Scotland – analysis of consultation responses (www.gov.scot)

13. EU Single-Use Plastics Directive

14. The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020 (legislation.gov.uk)

15. Marine Litter Strategy Steering Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

16. 5 Consideration of future market restrictions (Q5) - Market restrictions on single-use plastic items: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17. Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020 | Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020

18. National Litter and Flytipping Strategy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19. Microsoft Word - Improving Urban Waters - Route Map - FINAL (002) (scottishwater.co.uk)

20. The second OSPAR Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter

21. Flushability (edana.org)

22. Great British Beach Clean 2022 Results | Marine Conservation Society (mcsuk.org)

23. Beach litter | Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020

24. Plastics - Scottish Water

25. Prioritisation of Sewer Overflows in Scotland - Scottish Water