Reports
Reports, data, evidence and research from Zero Waste Scotland.
- Construction
- Circular Economy
- Sustainable Business
Best practice adoption in Scotland’s built environment
A research report outlining how Scotland’s built environment sector currently adopts best practice waste‑reduction measures and captures embodied carbon data.
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- Recycling
Trialling Recycling Interventions to Increase Food Waste Collections
A suite of reports on the impacts of different interventions on increasing participation in food waste recycling.
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- At Home
- Recycling
5 Ways to Maximise Recycling
A new bank of evidence, highlighting a tranche of new research on how to maximise local recycling services.
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- Recycling
Urban Recycling in Scottish Cities
The ‘Urban recycling in Scottish cities’ report explores recycling challenges and opportunities for multiple occupancy properties with communal collections in Scottish urban areas.
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- Recycling
Promoting household recycling (Local Authority communications best practice report)
Best practice recommendations for Local Authority household waste and recycling service communications to drive behaviour change.
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- Recycling
Recycling Services Report (a Residents' Perspective)
An assessment of public knowledge, perceptions of and attitudes towards recycling services.
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- Recycling
Household Recycling Charter Code of Practice Communications Review
A review of the Household Recycling Charter Code of Practice to support the establishment of best practice guidance for local authority waste and recycling communications.
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- Circular Economy
- Reuse
Research on the governance of material management in the establishment of resource exchange mechanisms
Research into the potential of circular economy Materials Management Facilities (MMFs) in the construction and energy sectors.
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- Circular Economy
Product Stewardship Considerations for Textiles in Scotland
We conducted our largest piece of research on textiles and have now produced three complementary reports. Together, they provide a detailed view of textiles material flow across the Scottish value chain, stakeholder insights to required policy interventions and analysis of potential measures that take account of practicality, feasibility and impact.
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