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Low Carbon Behaviours Framework – Key Behaviour Areas – Data for Scotland

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This report brings together data on the uptake of the Scottish Government\’s 10 key low carbon behaviour areas. It covers housing, transport, food and waste. The Low Carbon Scotland Behaviours Framework highlighted ten key behaviour areas across four themes (home energy, travel, food and consumption) that contribute the most to household emissions. The Framework included […]

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Digestate distribution models

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The objective of this project was to examine different organic recycling industry supply/distribution models (i.e. the manner in which materials move from where they are ‘produced’ to where thy will be used) and to assess the advantages and disadvantages of each model. This should enable AD companies to learn from and adopt/adapt existing practices for the

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Food and farming innovation competition: evaluation report -DEFRA

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This report evaluates the outcome of the Defra and Technology Strategy Board co-funded 500K ‘Feasibility For Growth’ SME innovation competition to encourage innovation in the agriculture, food and drink sectors and better access to market. The report covers 21 projects were funded in England, Wales and Scotland by the ‘Feasility for growth’ competition, being some

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New tool gives construction materials a longer life

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Newly-updated Construction Material Exchange tool from Resource Efficient Scotland makes it easier for the construction industry to exchange and re-use materials. Building on the original tool which was launched in November 2012, materials can be posted online and exchanged with another party for re-use, diverting the material from landfill, reducing costs of disposal and material

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National Packaging Waste Database – Environmental Agency

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The Environment Agency (EA) has published monthly packaging figures (in comparison to the usual quarterly figures), in a bid to provide a better understanding of packaging recycling trends and greater transparency. The Agencies and Industry Packaging Operational Liaison Group (AIPOLG) meets quarterly to discuss and address operational issues around the regulation of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste)

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Sustainable Development Indicators, 2013 – Welsh Government

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The latest National Statistics produced by the Welsh Government were released on 22 August 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The booklet is similar to the UK report Measuring Progress: Sustainable Development Indicators published in July 2010. Key points: 22 of 44 indicator assessments show a clear improvement. 18 of

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Signatories from across the sector join new waste industry commitment – Zero Waste Scotland

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The first four signatories to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment have been announced. Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment is a voluntary initiative for organisations in the resource management industry to demonstrate their support for Scotland’s zero waste ambitions and show their commitment to delivering high-quality resource management services. The commitment asks organisations to agree to do a

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Hotspot data on day-to-day products

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Engaging, shareable summaries – known as product slide decks – are available for the top 50 grocery products that are likely to contribute most to the environmental impacts associated with UK household consumption. The slide decks include environmental hotspot information relevant to the product category, reduction opportunities, case studies and other key resources and initiatives

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