The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its 2023 progress report for Scotland on 20th March 2024, assessing Scotland's lack of progress in reducing emissions and meeting its ambitious climate targets. Scotland missed its annual emissions reduction target in 2021, making…
On 20th March 2024, the Scottish Government published a major new consultation on the Draft Bioenergy Policy Statement. This lays out proposed policies and priorities for the use of bioenergy resources in Scotland through 2045 as part of achieving their…
The Scottish Government has recently launched an important consultation on its Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030. This route map sets out the strategic direction for implementing a comprehensive vision of Scotland's circular economy from now until 2030.…
Circular Economy Bill (Scotland) Analysis On Wednesday the 14th of June, the Scottish Government published their plans for the Circular Economy Bill. The Bill will aim to emulate and improve upon Welsh success in recycling by setting recycling and statutory…
On 10 January 2023, the Scottish government published its Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also…
The National Planning Framework 4 was formally adopted in February in Scotland, banning new sites and extensions of commercial peat extraction sites apart from in very limited circumstances. However, in 2021, Scotland still supplied 300,000 m3 of peat used in the…
The Scottish government recently published its draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also the UK government.…
The Scottish government recently published its draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, mapping out the future of Scotland’s energy sector with an ambitious suite of actions for the Scottish government, industry, the energy regulator, and also the UK government.…
ScotGov have issued a consultation on their proposed Agriculture Bill. The consultation covers a wide range of topics such as payments to land managers, climate change adaptations and mitigations, nature protection and restoration, food production, skills and knowledge transfers, administration,…
Aqua Enviro are working alongside WRAP to explore several aspects of plastic residues in digestate and compost, and are asking for the industry's view on a potential change to plastic limits in PAS110 digestates in England. Scotland has far…
