Reports
Reports, data, evidence and research from Zero Waste Scotland.
- Circular Economy
Biostabilisation Report 2022
Waste treatment options explored in new Biostabilisation Report from Zero Waste Scotland.
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- Circular Economy
Circularity Gap Report
The Circularity Gap Report Scotland, launched in collaboration with Circle Economy, is the first-ever quantitative analysis of the state of the circular economy in Scotland.
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- Reuse
The environmental benefits of reusable plastic over single-use products
This page links to the evidence compiled from studies done using the principles of life cycle analysis for typical reusable plastic products compared to single-use plastic ones.
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- Circular Economy
Mapping Material Demand in Scotland’s Energy Infrastructure
This report estimates the amount of material Scotland has locked up in existing energy assets and will need to build the energy infrastructure required to transition the country’s energy sector to meet its Net Zero ambitions by 2045.
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- Food & Drink
- Sustainable Business
Good to Go pilot report
A project to pilot promoted doggy bags for leftover food to customers.
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- Circular Economy
- Climate Crisis
The future of onshore wind decommissioning in Scotland
Zero Waste Scotland has developed the first-ever forecast into onshore wind decommissioning in Scotland.
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- Sustainable Living
Consumer attitudes towards reusable menstrual products in Scotland
One in ten Scots have already switched to reusable period products – and far more are willing to try.
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- Sustainable Living
The carbon impacts of menstrual products
In November 2019, Zero Waste Scotland launched the Trial Period campaign to encourage wider use of reusable menstrual products.
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