Publication - Consultation analysis
Developing Scotland's circular economy - proposals for legislation: analysis of responses
Independent analysis of responses to the “Developing Scotland’s circular economy: consultation on proposals for legislation” paper which included proposals for a circular economy bill and two secondary regulations relating to single-use carrier bags and procurement.
Annex 3: Question response rates (substantive responses only)
Question numbers followed by an asterisk (*) were addressed by 1,244 individuals who submitted standard responses through the Friends of the Earth Scotland campaign.
| Question | Organisations | Individuals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of responses | % of total responses (base=144) | Number of responses | % of total responses (base=270) | ||
| Reduce: tackling our throwaway culture | |||||
| Q1* | Do you agree in principle that Scottish Ministers should have the power to set charges for environmentally harmful items, for example single-use disposable beverage cups? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 130 | 90% | 269 | 100% |
| Q2 | Do you agree with the proposal to prioritise introduction of charges for single-use disposable beverage cups? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 131 | 91% | 268 | 99% |
| Q3 | Are there any other items that these new powers for environmental charging should be applied to in the future? [Yes / No / Don't know] | 125 | 87% | 259 | 96% |
| If yes, please specify. | 98 | 68% | 209 | 77% | |
| Reuse: encouraging use and reuse to prevent waste | |||||
| Q4(I)* | To strengthen monitoring, measurement and reporting of waste across all sectors, do you agree with the principle that Scottish Ministers should have the power to require mandatory public reporting of business waste? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 125 | 87% | 267 | 99% |
| Q4(II)* | Business surplus? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 125 | 87% | 267 | 99% |
| Q5(I) | Do you agree with the proposal to prioritise introduction of mandatory public reporting for businesses of food waste? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 127 | 88% | 268 | 99% |
| Q5(II) | Food surplus? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 126 | 88% | 267 | 99% |
| Q6 | Are there any other items, such as textiles and clothing, that mandatory reporting requirements on waste and surplus should be expanded to in the future? [Yes / No / Don't know] | 120 | 83% | 267 | 99% |
| If yes, please specify. | 82 | 57% | 193 | 71% | |
| Q7 | Do you have any suggestions on how to encourage the reuse and redistribution of unwanted surplus stock, such as clothing and textiles? [Yes / No / Don't know] | 116 | 81% | 254 | 94% |
| If yes, please specify. | 90 | 63% | 212 | 79% | |
| Recycle: maximising value of materials | |||||
| Q8* | Do you agree with the principle of enabling Scottish Ministers to place additional requirements on local authorities in order to increase rates and quality of household recycling? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 126 | 88% | 266 | 99% |
| If yes, what should the 'additional requirements' be? | 89 | 62% | 181 | 67% | |
| Q9 | Do you agree with the principle of greater consistency in household recycling collections in different local authority areas? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 129 | 90% | 268 | 99% |
| Q10 | Do you consider that we should move away from the current voluntary approach to Scotland's Household Recycling Charter towards a more mandated approach, whereby implementation of the Charter and its supporting Code of Practice becomes a statutory obligation? [Yes / No / Don't know] | 127 | 88% | 267 | 99% |
| Q11* | Do you consider that householders' existing obligations are sufficient? [Yes / No / Don't know] | 121 | 84% | 267 | 99% |
| Q12 | Are there any other measures that you consider Scottish Government should take to help accelerate the rate and quality of household recycling in Scotland, taking account of experience and approaches elsewhere and existing householder behaviours? [Yes / No / Don't know] | 116 | 81% | 258 | 96% |
| If yes, please specify | 98 | 68% | 201 | 74% | |
| Improving enforcement | |||||
| Q13 | Do you agree that Scotland should have the power to seize vehicles suspected of waste crime, similar to the rest of the UK? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 123 | 85% | 265 | 98% |
| Q14* | Do you agree Scottish Ministers should have powers to introduce a new fixed penalty regime for littering from vehicles? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 123 | 85% | 265 | 98% |
| Q15 | Do you agree with the introduction of a new system that stipulates that the registered keeper of a vehicle is ultimately responsible for criminal offences such as littering from or in relation to their vehicle (for example by passengers or people using that vehicle at that time)? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 120 | 83% | 265 | 98% |
| Assessing impact of Bill proposals | |||||
| Q16 | Taking into account the accompanying EQIA, are there any additional likely impacts the proposals contained in this consultation may have on particular groups of people, with reference to the 'protected characteristics' listed above? Please specify. | 75 | 52% | 155 | 57% |
| Q17 | Taking into account the accompanying BRIA, do you think that the proposals contained in this consultation are likely to increase or reduce the costs and burdens placed on any business or sector? Please specify. | 91 | 63% | 176 | 65% |
| Q18 | Do you think that the proposals contained in this consultation are likely to have an impact on the environment? If so, which ones and how? Please specify. | 104 | 72% | 189 | 70% |
| Proposals for secondary legislation | |||||
| Q19 | Do you agree with the proposal that procurement strategies published by relevant public bodies should include consideration of activity which supports the circular economy and action on climate change? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 122 | 85% | 262 | 97% |
| Q20* | Do you agree with the proposal to increase the minimum charge on single-use carrier bags from 5p to 10p? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 121 | 84% | 261 | 97% |
| Q21 | Do you agree that the initial 5p minimum charge on single-use carrier bags has had a positive impact on the environment? [Yes / No / Neither agree nor disagree] | 120 | 83% | 261 | 97% |
| Conclusion | |||||
| Q22* | Do you have any other comments that you would like to make, relevant to the subject of this consultation that you have not covered in your answers to other questions? | 133 | 92% | 217 | 80% |
Contact
Email: circulareconomy@gov.scot
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