Litter and flytipping strategy: equality impact assessment

Results of the equality impact assessment (EQIA) undertaken for the national litter and flytipping strategy.


Footnotes

1 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section 87 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/87

2 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section 33 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/33

3 Zero Waste Scotland (2013) - Scotland’s Litter Problem: Quantifying the scale and cost of litter and flytipping https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/scotlands-litter-problem

4 Eunomia (2023) – Scale and Cost of Litter and Flytipping Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781805251538

5 United Nations (2021) – Making Peace with Nature https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/34948/MPN.pdf

6 Keep Scotland Beautiful (2020) – Time for a new approach to tackling litter https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/media/1566897/leq-2020-report-final-041220.pdf

7 W.R. Turrell (2019) – Estimating a regional budget of marine plastic litter in order to advise on marine management measures, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 150 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19308811

8 Scottish Government (2022) - National litter and flytipping strategy: consultation analysis https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-litter-flytipping-strategy-consultation-analysis-report/

9 Scottish Government - Equality Act 2010 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents

10 Scottish Government (2014) - A Marine Litter Strategy for Scotland https://www.gov.scot/publications/marine-litter-strategy-scotland/

11 Scottish Government (2022) - A Marine Litter Strategy for Scotland https://www.gov.scot/publications/marine-litter-strategy-scotland-2/

12 Environmental Protection Act 1990 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/contents

13 Scottish Government (2018) Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse (Scotland) https://www.gov.scot/publications/code-practice-litter-refuse-scotland-2018/

14 Zero Waste Scotland - Preventative Action: the principle behind CoPLAR 2018 (2018)

https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/coplar

15 Scottish Government (2021) - A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Programme for Government 2021-22

https://www.gov.scot/publications/fairer-greener-scotland-programme-government-2021-22/

16 The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/410/contents/made

17 Zero Waste Scotland (2013) - Scotland’s Litter Problem: Quantifying the scale and cost of litter and flytipping https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/scotlands-litter-problem

18 Marine Conversation Society (2022) – Great British Beach Clean 2022 Results https://www.mcsuk.org/what-you-can-do/join-a-beach-clean/great-british-beach-clean/gbbc-2022-results/

19 W.R. Turrell (2019) – Estimating a regional budget of marine plastic litter in order to advise on marine management measures, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 150 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19308811

20 Scottish Government (2022) - Circular Economy Bill Consultation https://consult.gov.scot/environment-forestry/scotlands-circular-economy-legislation/

21 Scottish Government (2022) - Delivering Scotland’s circular economy: A Route Map to 2025 and beyond https://consult.gov.scot/environment-forestry/scotlands-circular-economy-routemap/

22 Scottish Government (2021) - Five years on: A review of Scotland’s national litter strategy

https://www.gov.scot/publications/five-years-review-scotlands-national-litter-strategy/pages/1/

23 Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/12/contents

24 Scottish Government (2018) - Climate Change Plan: third report on proposals and policies 2018-2032 (RPP3)

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-governments-climate-change-plan-third-report-proposals-policies-2018/

25 Scottish Government (2021) - Five years on: A review of Scotland’s national litter strategy

https://www.gov.scot/publications/five-years-review-scotlands-national-litter-strategy/pages/1/

26 Scottish Government (2004) - Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-biodiversity---its-in-your-hands/

27 Scottish Government (2022) - Biodiversity strategy to 2045: tackling the nature emergency

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-2045-tackling-nature-emergency-scotland/

28 Scottish Government (2021) - Five years on: A review of Scotland’s national litter strategy

https://www.gov.scot/publications/five-years-review-scotlands-national-litter-strategy/pages/1/

29 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals

30 National Performance Framework https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/

31 Zero Waste Scotland (2017) - Evidence Review of Flytipping Behaviour

https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/flytipping-costs-impacts-and-behaviours

32 Zero Waste Scotland - Rapid Evidence Review of Littering Behaviour and Anti-Litter Policies https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/rapid-evidence-review-littering-behaviour-and-anti-litter-policies

33 Identified in community focused workshops during the consultation period

34 Scottish Household Survey 2019 - https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-household-survey-2019-annual-report/

35 Keep Scotland Beautiful (2022) - Scottish Litter Survey 2022

https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/media/1570921/littering-in-scotland-survey-2022-final-301122.pdf

36 Scottish Government (2021) - A changing nation: how Scotland will thrive in a digital world

https://www.gov.scot/publications/a-changing-nation-how-scotland-will-thrive-in-a-digital-world/

37 Extract from LEAMS/LMS 2021/22, provided by Keep Scotland Beautiful. https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/environmental-services/leams/

38 Scottish Government - Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20

https://data.gov.scot/poverty/2021/

39 Scottish Government (2014) - Marine Litter Strategy Consultation Responses

https://www.gov.scot/publications/draft-scottish-marine-litter-strategy-analysis-consultation-responses/pages/8/

40 Scottish Government - Scottish Household Survey (2020)

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-household-survey-2020-telephone-survey-key-findings/documents/

41 Zero Waste Scotland - Rapid Evidence Review of Littering Behaviour and Anti-Litter Policies https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/rapid-evidence-review-littering-behaviour-and-anti-litter-policies

Contact

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