A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland – Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA)

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government, Circular Economy Strategy consultation, 2025.

2 Scottish Government, Circular Economy and Waste Route Map, 2024.

3 UNEP, Global resources outlook 2019: natural resources for the future we want, 2019.

4 Scottish Government, Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2021, 2023.

5 Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024.

6 For example: Scottish Government, Just transition for the built environment and construction sector: a discussion paper, 2023.

7 Green Alliance, In The Loop, 2025.

8 Strategy&, Building a more productive and resilient UK through circularity, 2025.

9 Scottish Government, The Environment Strategy for Scotland Consultation Draft, 2025.

10 UN, The 17 Goals, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Sustainable Development.

11 HM Treasury, Independent report Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, 2021.

12 Scottish Government, Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation, 2022.

13 RREUSE, Briefing on reuse employment potential in Europe, 2021.

14 Scottish Government, Supporting documents - Scottish Annual Business Statistics 2022, 2024.

15 Zero Waste Scotland, Circular Jobs Tracker 2026.

16 Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024.

17 Scottish Government, New Deal for Business, 2023.

18 Scottish Government, Business engagement: principles, 2024.

19 Scottish Government, Scotland’s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030: Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA), 2025.

20 Scottish Government, Extended producer responsibility for packaging Full Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA), 2024.

21 UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021.

22 DEFRA, Introduction of mandatory digital waste tracking – Impact Assessment, 2021.

23 Scottish Government, Net Zero Nation

24 Strategy&, Building a more productive and resilient UK through circularity, 2025.

25 Green Alliance, In The Loop, 2025.

26 Zero Waste Scotland, Remanufacturing study, 2015.

27 Zero Waste Scotland, Engaging with manufacturers, 2023.

28 Champions 12.3,The business case for reducing food loss and waste, 2017.

29 Scottish Government, Waste electrical and electronic equipment reform consultation: business and regulatory impact assessment – partial, 2023; Zero Waste Scotland, , 2023 The composition of household waste at the kerbside in 2021-23, 2023.

30 Zero Waste Scotland, Circular Economy and Business (Website).

31 CMA, Competition assessment guidelines, 2023.

32 Scottish Government, Trade: our vision, 2021.

33 Scottish Government, New Deal with Local Government – Verity House Agreement, 2023.