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Rationale for the Proposed Interventions

This annex sets out the evidence base and rationale underpinning the consultation Route Map: Delivering Scotland’s circular economy, identifying our progress to date and the case for further change to meet our waste and recycling targets.

Publication type: Consultation paper
Date: 30 May 2022

Part of:: Delivering Scotland's circular economy - route map to 2025 and beyond: technical annex

Appendix 1: Knowledge Accounts – Detailed Summary of Responses

Independent analysis of responses to our June to August 2018 online discussion that sought views to help inform the development of an Environment Strategy for Scotland.

Publication type: Consultation analysis
Date: 16 February 2019

Part of:: Developing an environment strategy for Scotland: analysis of responses to online discussion

6.0 Scottish Firms Impact Test

Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) for the introduction of market restrictions on problematic single-use plastic items as identified in Article 5 of the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU SUPD).

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 11 November 2021

Part of:: Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021: business and regulatory impact assessment - final

2.0 Purpose and Intended Effect

Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) for proposed changes to the Single Use Carrier Bags (Scotland) Regulations 2021.

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 13 January 2021

Part of:: The Single Use Carrier Bags (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021: business and regulatory impact assessment

3.5. Microplastics and fibres

This report on the risks to human health is part of the research project undertaken by the James Hutton Institute on the impacts on human health and environment arising from the spreading of sewage sludge to land (CR/2016/23).

Publication type: Research and analysis
Date: 28 October 2021

Part of:: Potentially hazardous agents in land-applied sewage sludge: human health risk assessment

8 References

Literature review of the risk of collision and displacement in petrels and shearwaters from offshore wind developments in Scotland.

Publication type: Research and analysis
Date: 08 December 2022

Part of:: Offshore wind developments - collision and displacement in petrels and shearwaters: literature review

Introduction

The first report from Expert Panel on Environmental Charging and Other Measures (EPECOM) sets out its recommendations to tackle the dependence on, and environmental impact of, single-use disposable beverage cups in Scotland.

Publication type: Independent report
Date: 17 July 2019

Part of:: Single-use disposable cups: EPECOM recommendations

Annex B: Non-standard consultation responses

Summary of the analysis of responses submitted on the designation of the four possible Marine Protected Areas; North-east Lewis, Sea of the Hebrides, Shiant East Bank and Southern Trench.

Publication type: Consultation analysis
Date: 03 December 2020

Part of:: Designation of four Marine Protected Areas in Scottish waters: consultation analysis

3 Items to be covered by market restrictions (Q1 and Q2)

An analysis report summarising and describing the responses to the public consultation on introducing market restrictions on single-use plastic items in Scotland.

Publication type: Consultation analysis
Date: 17 March 2021

Part of:: Market restrictions on single-use plastic items: consultation analysis

7.0 Competition Assessment